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alpha amino acid

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | 236 words | 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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