Definition of "amino" []

• Relating to an amine or other chemical compound containing an NH2 group combined with a nonacid organic radical. (adjective)

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• "There is variation in amino acid sequence among different eukaryotic organisms."
• "You are suggesting that small RNA would assume the function performed by protein amino acyl synthetases and if we presume all the foregoing what leads you to think this mixture would evolve to produce a cell?"
• "Now it seems that certain amino acids are more probable (and hence more common)."