Amino acid

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Amino uh MEE noh, acid, is the name for the type of organic acids that make up all the proteins in living things. Scientists call amino acids the building blocks of proteins. All amino acids contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Some amino acids contain sulfur.

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