OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 17022

amino acid

/əˈminoʊ ˈæsɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
aminoácido
Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
aminoácido
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.
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