AMINO ACID


Meaning of AMINO ACID in English

Biochem.

any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, -NH 2 , and one carboxyl group, -COOH: the alpha-amino acids, RCH(NH 2 )COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed. Cf. essential amino acid .

[ 1895-1900 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .