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Taurine or 2-aminoethane sulfonic acid is an organic acid with a sulfonic acid group and an amino group. Taurine is an amino sulfonic acid and not an amino acid and therefore cannot form peptides. It is produced in metabolism as a breakdown product of the amino acid cysteine.

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