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Amino acid

British pronunciation/ɐmˈiːnəʊ ˈasɪd/
American pronunciation/ɐmˈiːnoʊ ˈæsɪd/
Amino acid
[NOUN]
1

any organic compound that creates the basic structure of proteins

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Examples
1Amino acids, which once again hints at a common ancestry.
2The amino acids make up our proteins.
3Also, protein breaks down to amino acid.
4These are amino acids.
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