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In chemistry, a free amino acid is an amino acid which is not covalently bound in a peptide or in another sort of linkage, for example, in a melanoidin polymer, an HCN polymer, or chelated to an inorganic ion.
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Cleaves, H.J.(. (2014). Free Amino Acid. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_600-4
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