amino acid (n)
aminoalkanoic acid (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 27
def organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group
examples proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids
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Hypernym organic compound
Substance holonym protein
Hyponym alanine; asparagine; aspartic acid; canavanine; citrulline; cysteine; cystine; dopa, dihydroxyphenylalanine; essential amino acid; gamma aminobutyric acid, GABA; glutamic acid, glutaminic acid; glutamine; glycine; hydroxyproline; iodoamino acid; ornithine; proline; creatine, creatin; sarcosine; serine; thyronine; tyramine; tyrosine
Incoming links
Hypernym alanine; asparagine; aspartic acid; canavanine; citrulline; cysteine; cystine; dopa, dihydroxyphenylalanine; essential amino acid; gamma aminobutyric acid, GABA; glutamic acid, glutaminic acid; glutamine; glycine; hydroxyproline; iodoamino acid; ornithine; proline; creatine, creatin; sarcosine; serine; thyronine; tyramine; tyrosine
Hyponym organic compound
Substance meronym protein

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