Amakuru

Amino acide ni ibintu by'ibanze bigize poroteyine, kandi ni ibinyabuzima kama aho atome ya hydrogène kuri atome ya karubone ya acide karubike isimburwa nitsinda rya amino.

Gusya no kwinjiza poroteyine mu mubiri bikorwa binyuze muri aside amine

Ivumburwa rya aside amine ryatangiriye mu Bufaransa mu 1806, igihe abahanga mu bya shimi Louis Nicolas Vauquelin na Pierre Jean Robiquet batandukanyaga uruganda na asparagus (nyuma ruzwi nka asparagine), havumbuwe aside ya mbere ya amino.