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amino acid

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Noun

organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group
- proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids

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amino acid essential amino acid iodoamino acid
Words contain "amino acid" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
glycine soluble rna trna transfer rna acceptor rna deamination deaminization transaminase aminopherase aminotransferase more...

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