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beta-amino acid

beta-amino acid noun: any amino acid that has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to adjacent carbon atoms; beta-alanine is the only one that occurs in nature, but not in peptides or proteins.

Noun

beta-amino acid (plural beta-amino acids)

  1. Any amino acid that has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to adjacent carbon atoms; beta-alanine is the only one that occurs in nature, but not in peptides or proteins.

Forms of beta-amino acid

pluralbeta-amino acids
alternative formβ-amino acid

Questions about beta-amino acid

What does beta-amino acid mean?
Beta-amino acid means any amino acid that has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to adjacent carbon atoms; beta-alanine is the only one that occurs in nature, but not in peptides or proteins.
What part of speech is beta-amino acid?
Beta-amino acid is a noun.
What is the plural of beta-amino acid?
The plural of beta-amino acid is beta-amino acids.

Words near beta-amino acid in the dictionary

  1. Beta variant
  2. beta version
  3. beta versions
  4. beta wave
  5. beta waves
  6. beta-amino acid
  7. beta-amino acids
  8. beta-antithrombin
  9. beta-beam
  10. beta-beams
  11. beta-blockade

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