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Amino acid sequence
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Definition 1
The arrangement of amino acids in a protein. Proteins can be made from 20 different kinds of amino acids, and the structure and function of each protein are determined by the kinds of amino acids used to make it and how they are arranged. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
The sequence of amino acids along a polypeptide chain. (NCI Thesaurus)
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