∙ Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group. organic chemistry
∙ 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. biochemistry
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