Amino acid

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1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun phrase 1.3 Related terms 1.4 See also

English

Etymology

See amine and acid

Noun phrase

amino acid

1. in organic chemistry, any compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group
2. in 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

Related terms

• Essential amino acid
• Nonessential amino acid

See also

• histidine
• isoleucine
• leucine
• lysine
• methionine
• phenylalanine
• threonine
• tryptophan
• valine

• alanine
• aspargine
• aspartic acid
• cysteine
• glutamic acid
• glutamine
• glycine
• proline
• serine
• tyrosine