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  • amino acid

    Amino acids are substances containing nitrogen and hydrogen and which are found in proteins. Amino acids occur naturally in the body.

  • protein

    Biochemistry. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the diet of all animals and other nonphotosynthesizing organisms, composed of 20 or more amino acids linked in a genetically controlled linear sequence into one or more long polypeptide chains, the final shape and other properties of each protein being determined by the side chains of the amino acids and their chemical attachments: proteins include such specialized forms as collagen for supportive tissue, hemoglobin for transport, antibodies for immune defense, and enzymes for metabolism.

  • aminase

    any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of amino compounds, releasing the amino group and liberating nitrogen.

  • amino group

    the univalent group, −NH 2 .

  • aminoaciduria

    the presence of amino acids in urine

  • aminopeptidase

    an enzyme produced by the glands of the small intestine
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