aminoalkanoic acid

Noun

1.

aminoalkanoic acid - organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group; "proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids" Synonyms: amino acid

alanine, amino acid, asparagine, aspartic acid, canavanine, citrulline, creatin, creatine, cysteine, cystine, dihydroxyphenylalanine, dopa, essential amino acid, GABA, gamma aminobutyric acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, glutaminic acid, glycine, hydroxyproline, iodoamino acid, organic compound, ornithine, proline, protein, sarcosine, serine, thyronine, tyramine, tyrosine