amino acid

== English == === Etymology === See amine and acid. Likely a calque of German Aminosäure, which is attested earlier. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈminoʊ ˈæsɪd/ === Noun === amino acid (plural amino acids) (biochemistry) Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group. (biochemistry) Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom), and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins. ==== Hyponyms ==== essential amino acid nonessential amino acid See also Thesaurus:amino acid ==== Holonyms ==== protein ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== imino acid ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== amino acid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia