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Meaning:

Noun:

  • biochemistry Any of the twenty naturally occurring ?-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.
  • organic chemistry Any amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.

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