amino acid

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  1. noun An organic compound containing an amino group (NH2), a carboxylic acid group (COOH), and any of various side groups, especially any of the 20 compounds that have the basic formula NH2CHRCOOH, and that link together by peptide bonds to form proteins or that function as chemical messengers and as intermediates in metabolism.

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hydroxyproline · hydroxylysine · ornithine · 2-aminoisobutyric acid · lanthionine · 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid · carnitine · homocysteine · sarcosine · isovaline · pyrrolysine

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