For Amino Acid we have terms and definitions in 29 topics. The topics are Anthromorphemics, Anthropology, Anti-Aging, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Cancer, Carpet, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Culinary, Dairy Production, Day Spa, Diabetes, Dna, Entomological, Enzymatic Therapy, Evolution, Explosives, Food, Fossils, Gene Testing, Genome, HIV and AIDs, Huntingtons Disease, Insect, Microbiology, Mind, Physical Geography, Sanitation and Science.

Amino Acid (Anthromorphemics)

A type of molecule that forms the basic building block of proteins.

Amino Acid (Anthropology)

A type of molecule that forms the basic building block of proteins.

Amino Acid (Anti-Aging)

an organic acid containing an amine (ammonia-like) chemical group. Amino acids are put together by your body in highly specific ways to manufacture proteins.

Amino Acid (Bioinformatics)

One of the 20 chemical building blocks that are joined by amide (peptide) linkages to form a polypeptide chain of a protein

Amino Acid (Biotechnology)

A building block of proteins. Each protein consists of a specific sequence of amino acids (with the sequence of amino acids determined by the sequence of the underlying DNA). There are 20 types of amino acid molecules that make up proteins.

Amino Acid (Cancer)

The building blocks of proteins, the ‘doing’ molecules of a cell. A protein is made of long chains of amino acids joined together and folded up in a very precise way. There are twenty different types of amino acid, all with different chemical properties. The jobs a protein is able to carry out are determined by the order the amino acids are joined together in. This order is determined, in turn, by the order of the bases on the gene that makes it.

Amino Acid (Carpet)

An amphoteric organic acid containing the amino acid group NH. Amino acids are the basic building block of protein molecules.

Amino Acid (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

A family of modified organic acids that serve as building blocks for the synthesis of proteins.

Amino Acid (Culinary)

The basic material from which proteins are made of

Amino Acid (Dairy Production)

One of the 20 building block units of proteins. Amino acids contain both an amino group (NH2) and an acid or carboxyl group (COOH).

Amino Acid (Day Spa)

An essential building block of proteins.

Amino Acid (Diabetes)

The building blocks of proteins; the main material of the body's cells. Insulin is made of 51 amino acids joined together.

Amino Acid (Dna)

the building block of proteins

Amino Acid (Entomological)

Organic compounds that contain the amino (NH,) group and the carboxyl (COOH) group. Amino acids are the "building stones" of proteins.

Amino Acid (Enzymatic Therapy)

A basic building block of protein. There are 22 amino acids, nine of which cannot be produced within the body and are considered essential; the remainder are considered nonessential.

Amino Acid (Evolution)

The unit molecular building block of proteins, which are chains of amino acids in a certain sequence. There are 20 main amino acids in the proteins of living things, and the properties of a protein are determined by its particular amino acid sequence.

Amino Acid (Explosives)

An amino acid is any of a class of organic compounds having a carboxyl group (COOH) and an amino group (NH2). Some 22 amino acids are commonly found in animals and more than 100 less common forms are found in nature, chiefly in plants. When the carboxyl carbon atom of one amino acid binds to the nitrogen of another with the release of a water molecule, a linkage called a peptide bond is formed. Chains of amino acids, joined head-to-tail in this manner, are synthesized by living systems and are called polypeptides (up to about 50 amino acids) and Proteins (over 50 amino acids). The process of digestion releases individual amino acids from food protein by cleaving to the peptide bonds.

Amino Acid (Food)

The basic molecular component of proteins, one of the essential dietary components.

Amino Acid (Fossils)

The unit molecular building block of proteins, which are chains of amino acids in a certain sequence. There are 20 main amino acids in the proteins of living things, and the properties of a protein are determined by its particular amino acid sequence.

Amino Acid (Gene Testing)

Any of a class of 20 molecules that combine to form proteins in living things.

Amino Acid (Genome)

Any 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.

Amino Acid (HIV and AIDs)

A nitrogen-containing molecule that serves as a building block for proteins, including enzymes, muscles, and structural molecules. The human body uses twenty of the eighty amino acids found in nature.

Amino Acid (Huntingtons Disease)

A small molecule that is the building block of proteins.

Amino Acid (Insect)

Organic compounds that contain the amino (NH,) group and the carboxyl (COOH) group. Amino acids are the "building stones" of proteins.

Amino Acid (Microbiology)

Any of a class of 20 molecules that are combined to form proteins in living things. Consisting of the basic formula NH2-CHR-COOH, where "R" is the side chain which defines the amino acid:The sequence of amino acids in a protein and hence protein function are determined by the genetic code.
Nonpolar side chains (hydrophobic)
G Gly Glycine
A Ala Alanine
V Val Valine
I Ile Isoleucine
L Leu Leucine
F Phe Phenylalanine
P Pro Proline
M Met Methionine
W Trp Tryptophan
C Cys Cysteine
Noncharged polar side chains (hydrophilic)
S Ser Serine
T Thr Threonine
Y Tyr Tyrosine
N Asn Asparagine
Q Gln Glutamine
Acidic side chains (very polar, hydrophilic)
D Asp Aspartic Acid
E Glu Glutamic Acid
Basic side chains (very polar, hydrophilic)
K Lys Lysine
R Arg Arginine
H His Histidine

Amino Acid (Mind)

One of the building blocks of proteins in the body.

Amino Acid (Physical Geography)

Organic nitrogen containing acids which are used to construct proteins.

Amino Acid (Sanitation)

(1) Organic acid containing one or more amino groups. (2) Any of a class of organic compounds that contain one carboxyl group and one amino group. The alpha-amino acids -- RCH (NH2)COOH -- are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed.

Amino Acid (Science)

Simple organic compounds that are the fundamental building blocks for living organisms.

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