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Amino Acids

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-001294

1. Any organic compounds containing amino (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) groups. In biochemistry, used to refer to the twenty-plus L-alpha-amino acids found in proteins.

2. One of several molecules that join together to form proteins. There are 20 common amino acids found in proteins.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-001294
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0); National Cancer Institute Glossary
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001294",
  "term": "Amino Acids",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any organic compounds containing amino (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) groups. In biochemistry, used to refer to the twenty-plus L-alpha-amino acids found in proteins.\n\n2. One of several molecules that join together to form proteins. There are 20 common amino acids found in proteins.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus",
    "National Cancer Institute Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/amino-acids/"
}

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