Is there a simpler amino acid than glycine?
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Amino
//əˈminoʊ//
Synonyms for "amino" (2 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesTranslations
11 translations across 7 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- aminat noun (the amine functional group)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 氨基 noun (the amine functional group)
Finnish
2 entries- amino adj (relating to an amine)
- aminoryhmä noun (the amine functional group)
Irish
1 entries- aimín noun (the amine functional group)
Japanese
2 entries- アミノ adj (relating to an amine)
- アミノ noun (the amine functional group)
Korean
2 entries- 아미노 adj (relating to an amine)
- 아미노 noun (the amine functional group)
Spanish
2 entries- amino adj (relating to an amine)
- amino noun (the amine functional group)
Sample sentences
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What's an amino acid?
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Proteins are chains of amino acids that are folded like origami paper.
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Every protein is a polymer composed of units called amino acids.
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