Meaning | organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group. |
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Synonym | amino acid |
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Narrower | alanine | A crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins |
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asparagine | A crystalline amino acid found in proteins and in many plants (e.g., asparagus) |
aspartic acid | A crystalline amino acid found in proteins and occurring naturally in sugar beets and sugar ... / sugar cane |
canavanine | An amino acid found in the jack bean |
citrulline | An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine |
creatine, creatin | An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine |
cysteine | An amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins |
cystine | A crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin) |
dopa, dihydroxyphenylalanine | amino acid that is formed in the liver and converted into dopamine in the brain |
essential amino acid | An amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize |
gamma aminobutyric acid, GABA | An amino acid that is found in the central nervous system |
glutamic acid, glutaminic acid | An amino acid occurring in proteins |
glutamine | A crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins |
glycine | The simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar ... / sugar cane |
hydroxyproline | A crystalline amino acid obtained from gelatin or collagen |
iodoamino acid | An amino acid with iodine added |
ornithine | An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea |
proline | An amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen) |
sarcosine | A sweetish crystalline amino acid |
serine | A sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine |
thyronine | A phenolic amino acid of which thyroxine is a derivative |
tyramine | amino acid derived from tyrosine |
tyrosine | An amino acid found in most proteins |
Broader | organic compound | Any compound of carbon and another element or a radical |
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Substance of | protein | Any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells |
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Spanish | aminoácido |
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Catalan | aminoàcid |
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