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proteinogenic amino acid

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Any of the 23 alpha-amino acids that are precursors to proteins, and are incorporated into proteins during translation. The group includes the 20 amino acids encoded by the nuclear genes of eukaryotes together with selenocysteine, pyrrolysine, and N-formylmethionine. Apart from glycine, which is non-chiral, all have L configuration.

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3_STAR

has related synonym

proteinogenic amino acids, canonical amino acids, canonical amino acid

has obo namespace

chebi_ontology

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CHEBI:83813

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