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Etymology
See term|amine and term|acid.

Noun
en-noun|sg=amino acid

1. organic chemistry Any organic compound containing both an amine|amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
2. biochemistry Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom), and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.

Translations
trans-top|amino acid
Croatian: t-|hr|aminokiselina|f
Czech: t-|cs|aminokyselina|f
Dutch: t|nl|aminozuur|n
Finnish: t-|fi|aminohappo
French: t+|fr|acide aminé|m
German: t+|de|Aminosäure|f
Greek: t|el|αμινοξ�|n|traminoxí|scGrek
Italian: t+|it|amminoacido|m
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Latvian: t|lv|aminosk�be|f|xs=Latvian
Polish: t|pl|aminokwas|m
Portuguese: t-|pt|aminoácido|m
Spanish: t-|es|aminoácido|m
Turkish: t|tr|aminoasit
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Related terms
essential amino acid
nonessential amino acid
imino acid

See also
top2
alanine
aspargine
aspartic acid
cysteine
glutamic acid
glutamine
glycine
histidine
isoleucine
leucine
mid2
lysine
methionine
phenylalanine
proline
serine
threonine
tryptophan
tyrosine
valine

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