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Proteinogenic amino acid
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Amino acid that is incorporated biosynthetically into proteins during translation
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Proteinogenic amino acids are amino acids that are incorporated biosynthetically into proteins during translation from RNA. The word "proteinogenic" means "protein creating". Throughout known life, there are 22 genetically encoded (proteinogenic) amino acids, 20 in the standard genetic code and an additional 2 (selenocysteine and pyrrolysine)...

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Amino acid
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