Amino acid/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Amino acid.

In biochemistry, an α-amino acid is an organic monomer consisting of an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydrogen atom, and a residual group (commonly denoted as simply "R") covalently bonded to a central (alpha) carbon (Cα).

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