NASA’s Cassini space probe even identified compounds containing carbon, nitrogen and oxygen within Enceladus’ plumes, some of the ingredients of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
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Certain beneficial bacteria will eat tryptophan, an amino acid in root exudates, and return it to the plant as indole-3-acetic acid, one of the botanical world’s most important growth hormones.
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To make proteins, a cell looks to these three-letter “codons” to determine which amino acid to add next to a protein it is building.
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To become stinky 3M3SH, enzymes have to remove those two amino acids.
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By predicting the elusive ways in which various proteins fold on the basis of their amino acid sequences, AlphaFold may soon have a tremendous impact in aiding drug discovery and fighting some of today’s most intractable diseases.
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Eggs, he says, are a good source of cysteine, an amino acid that helps the liver break down alcohol faster.
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Unlike coffee, tea has an amino acid that is associated with calmness: Theanine.
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Proteins which contain all the amino acids essential for tissue building are known as complete proteins.
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The different proteins differ in regard to the different types of amino acids which they contain.
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These transformed substances are known as amino acids, the production of which is a result of digestion in the digestive tract.
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Thus the proteins are digested down to the amino acids and these diffuse into the blood as demonstrated by Folin and by Van Slyke.
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To make human protein we must not only have all the amino acid ingredients, but we must also have enough of every one.
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British Dictionary definitions for amino (1 of 2)
amino
/ (əˈmaɪnəʊ, -ˈmiː-) /
noun
(modifier)of, consisting of, or containing the group of atoms -NH 2amino group or radical; amino acid
British Dictionary definitions for amino (2 of 2)
amino-
combining form
indicating the presence of an amino groupaminobenzoic acid