Amino acids are the building blocks (monomers) of
proteins. 20 different
amino acids are used to synthesize
proteins. The shape and other properties of each
protein is dictated by the precise
sequence of
amino acids in it.
Full article >>>amino acidsOrganic
acids containing an amino (NH2) group; the subunits of
protein molecules. There are 20 common
amino acids.
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Full article >>>Amino acids are the basic structural building units of
proteins. They form short polymer chains called
peptides or
polypeptides which in turn form structures called
proteins.
Full article >>>Amino acidIn chemistry, an
amino acid is any
molecule that contains both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
Full article >>>Dr. Lawrence Brody, of the National
Human Genome Research Institute's Genetic and
Molecular Biology Branch, defines
amino acids.
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Full article >>>Amino acids are the building blocks of
proteins.
Twenty of the
amino acids are used to make
protein. Each has a carboxyl group (COOH) and an amino group (NH2).
Each
amino acid is different and therefore has its own unique properties.
Full article >>>Amino acidAny of a
class of 20
molecules that are combined to form
proteins in living things. The
sequence of
amino acids in a
protein and hence
protein function are determined by the
genetic code.
Full article >>>AMINO ACIDS - The 20 basic building blocks of
proteins, consisting of the basic formula NH2-CHR-COOH, where "R" is the side chain which defines the
amino acid: ...
Full article >>>amino acids - serve as the subunits for
proteins and consist of both a carboxylic acid group as well as an
amino acid group.
base - a
molecule that accepts H+ ion (proton) ...
Full article >>>Amino acids bind by forming a
peptide bond.
Linear polymers of
amino acids are called
polypeptides.
Large
polypeptides are called
proteins.
A restricted set of 20
amino acids constitute the universal building blocks of
proteins.
Full article >>>Amino acids: Small
molecules that form the building blocks of
proteins.
Autosome: All chro mosomes except those involved in sex determination.
Bacteria: Tiny one-celled
organisms.
Full article >>>amino acid -- unit
molecule from which
proteins are constructed by polymerization.
ATP -- "
adenosine triphosphate". A relatively stable, high energy
molecule used to fuel chemical reactions within
cells.
Full article >>>Amino Acid-to-
Amino Acidcomparisons, ungapped
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320 Million aa-aa
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Full article >>>Amino acids. Basic structural unit of
proteinsAnadromous fish. Fish that spends most of its life feeding in the open ocean but that migrates to spawn in fresh water
Anoxic. Lacking
oxygen.
Full article >>>amino acids: the building blocks of
proteins.
amoeba: single-celled
organisms with no distinct shape; members of the
phylum Sarcodina.
anabolism: the process of synthesizing large
molecules by joining smaller
molecules together.
Full article >>>Amino acid analog
See analog.
Ampicillin (Amp)
An
antibiotic that inhibits crosslinking of peptidoglycan chains in the
cell wall of
eubacteria.
Full article >>>Amino acid: Any of a
class of 20
molecules that are combined to form
proteins in living things.
Full article >>>amino acids The subunits (monomers) from which
proteins (polymers) are assembled. Each
amino acid consists of an amino functional group, and a carboxyl acid group, and differs from other
amino acids by the composition of an R group. PICTURE ...
Full article >>>amino acid(am-ee-no) [Gk. Ammon, referring to the Egyptian sun god, near whose temple ammonium salts were first prepared from camel dung]
An
organic
molecule possessing both carboxyl and amino groups.
Amino acids serve as the monomers of
proteins.
Full article >>>amino acid An
organic
molecule including one or more amino (_NH2) and acid (_COOH) groups; one of the 20 nitrogen-containing
molecules that make up
proteins.
Full article >>>An
amino acid derivative that has been known to enhance strength and build
muscle. Often used by athletes for its effects on muscular endurance and strength. Cr is capable of becoming
transformed into PCr and used as a source of energy.
Full article >>>Only two
amino acids are specified by a single
codon; one of these is the amino-acid methionine, specified by the
codon AUG, which also specifies the start of
transcription; the other is tryptophan, specified by the
codon UGG.
Full article >>>Alterations in
amino acids that may be distant from each other in the primary
sequence can lead to changes in folding.
Full article >>>(See
RNA.)
Amino acid. Any of 20 basic building blocks of
proteins-- composed of a free amino (NH2) end, a free carboxyl (COOH) end, and a side group (R). Ampicillin (beta-lactamase).
Full article >>>Amino acid sequence -- the linear
order of the
amino acids in a
protein or
peptide.
Full article >>>peptide Two or more
amino acids covalently joined by
peptide bonds.
peptide bond A planar, amide
linkage between the a-amino group of one
amino acid and the a-carboxyl group of another, with the elimination of a
molecule of water.
Full article >>>Auxotrophic mutant A
bacterial
strain which has a
mutation in at least one of the
enzymes in a
biochemical pathway responsible for synthesising an essential substance, for example an
amino acid.
Full article >>>The
messenger RNA (m
RNA), the product of
transcription and
splicing, carries the
code for the
order of
insertion of
amino acids. This
genetic code is a triplet
code without punctuation.
Full article >>>Nitric oxide (NO) is synthesized from L-arginine, and in endothelial
cells influx of l-arginine is mediated predominantly via Na+-independent cationic
amino acid transporters.
Full article >>>In 1990, all of the then known
amino acid sequences were compared in
order to infer a
phylogeny for the opsin
molecules.
Full article >>>: Building blocks of
peptides. Each
amino acid is encoded by
DNA. See
Amino Acidsand
Biochemical Grouping of
Amino Acids.
Full article >>> Di
peptideTri
peptide two or three
amino acids bonded together
(di = two; tri = three; pepti = digested cooked)
Diploid having two sets of
chromosomes (diplo = double two; ploid = a set of
chromosomes) ...
Full article >>>A
class of small
RNAs used by the
cell to carry
amino acids to the
enzyme complex (the
ribosome) which builds
proteins, using an m
RNA as a guide.
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Full article >>>A complex
organelle (composed of
proteins plus r
RNA) that catalyzes
translation of
messenger RNA into an
amino acid sequence.
Ribosomes are made up of two non-identical subunits each consisting of a different r
RNA and a different set of
proteins.
Full article >>>Use
genetic code to determine m
RNA and
amino acid sequence.
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Labs (ex. Rice Krispies , manipulatives) ...
Full article >>>translation - process whereby m
RNA code is used by the
ribosome to synthesize a
polypeptide chain (
protein) from
amino acid precursors.
transposable element - see
transposon ...
Full article >>>protein A three-dimensional biological polymer constructed from a set of 20 different monomers called
amino acids.
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Full article >>>Protein - a complex
molecule found in numerous cellular structures that is composed of
amino acids Protist cell -
kingdom containing
organisms with eukaryotic
cells that are
unicellular and multicellular and reproduce
sexually and
asexually ...
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