aminoalkanoic acid, n.
organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group
<noun.substance> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
amino acid aminoalkanoic acid
sample sentences
"proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids"
semantic pointers
hypernym
substance holonym
hyponym
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