beta-amino acid

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beta-amino acid (plural beta-amino acids)

  1. (biochemistry) 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.

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