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alpha amino acid

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Â© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

alpha amino acid An amino acid in which the amino group is attached to the number two, or ‘alpha’ carbon, adjacent to the carboxyl group. Compounds of this type represent the basic building blocks of peptides and proteins.

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