Thesaurus:amino acid

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amino acid

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Noun

Sense: any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group

Synonyms

• amino acid

Hyponyms

• essential amino acid
• nonessential amino acid
•   —
• histidine
• isoleucine
• leucine
• lysine
• methionine
• phenylalanine
• threonine
• tryptophan
• valine
•   —
• alanine
• aspargine
• aspartic acid
• cysteine
• glutamic acid
• glutamine
• glycine
• proline
• serine
• tyrosine

Hypernyms

• organic compound    [⇒ thesaurus]
• chemical compound    [⇒ thesaurus]
• zwitterion

Holonyms

• protein    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Category:Amino acids

Further reading

• “amino acid” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.