Amino acids ua hauj lwm raws li ntuj chelators, khi rau qhov tseem ceeb minerals xws li hlau, zinc, thiab manganese, thiab pab txhawb lawv uptake los ntawm cov hauv paus hniav. Cov txheej txheem chelation no tiv thaiv cov khoom noj khoom haus kaw hauv av, ib qho teeb meem tshwm sim nrog cov chiv chiv, kom ntseeg tau tias cov nroj tsuag tau txais kev sib npaug ntawm micronutrients. Piv txwv li, glycine thiab glutamic acid txhim kho kev nqus ntawm calcium thiab magnesium, tseem ceeb rau photosynthesis thiab kev loj hlob txiv hmab txiv ntoo. Los ntawm kev siv cov khoom noj kom zoo (NUE), cov amino acid chiv txo qhov kev xav tau ntawm cov khoom siv tshuaj lom neeg ntau dhau, txo cov nqi thiab txo cov pa phem ib puag ncig.