___ acid (protein component)
The crossword clue "___ acid (protein component)" is answered by AMINO, a 5-letter entry. Used 29 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AMINO
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AMINO answer page.
Used 29 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 13 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for AMINO
Every other clue in this collection answered by AMINO, most used first.
- Acid type - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ acids - used 106 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of acid - used 60 times, most recently in 2024
- Essential ___ acids - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Acid in proteins - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
- Protein-building acid - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
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