beta-amino acid in English

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        "(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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"beta-amino acid" meaning in English

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