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amino acid, n.
freq. cnt. 1
more info organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

amino acid aminoalkanoic acid

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"proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids"
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alanine asparagine aspartic acid canavanine citrulline cysteine cystine dopa, dihydroxyphenylalanine essential amino acid gamma aminobutyric acid, GABA glutamic acid, glutaminic acid glutamine glycine hydroxyproline iodoamino acid ornithine proline creatine, creatin sarcosine serine thyronine tyramine tyrosine