Amino acid

id: amino-acid-173-1743129
title: Amino acid
text: Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups. Although over 500 amino acids exist in nature, by far the most important are the 22 α-amino acids incorporated into proteins. Only these 22 appear in the genetic code of life. Amino acids can be classified according to the locations of the core structural functional groups; other categories relate to polarity, ionization, and side-chain group type. In the form of proteins, amino-acid residues form th
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description: Organic compounds containing amine and carboxylic groups
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid
date created: 2001-10-28T17:24:02Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T04:18:07Z
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