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amino acid noun

  /əˈminoʊ ˈæsɪd/
  • (amino acid) Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
  • (amino acid) 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.
 aminohappo
essential amino acid
välttämätön aminohappo
nonessential amino acid
ei-välttämätön aminohappo
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