aromatic amino acids

  • 1Aromatic amino acids — are amino acids which include an aromatic ring.Examples include: * Among 20 standard amino acids: phenylalanine, tryptophan, and tyrosine * Others: thyroxineee also* Aromatic L amino acid decarboxylaseExternal links* …

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  • 2Aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase — Ribbon diagram of a domestic pig DOPA decarboxylase dimer.[1] …

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  • 3aromatic-L-amino-acid decarboxylase — ar·o·mat·ic L ami·no ac·id de·car·box·y·lase (ar″o matґik ə meґno asґid de″kahr bokґsə lās) [EC 4.1.1.28] an enzyme of the lyase class that catalyzes the decarboxylation of aromatic amino acids, notably converting dopa… …

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  • 4Amino acid — This article is about the class of chemicals. For the structures and properties of the standard proteinogenic amino acids, see Proteinogenic amino acid. The generic structure of an alpha amino acid in its unionized form …

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  • 5amino acid — Biochem. any of a class of organic compounds that contains at least one amino group, NH2, and one carboxyl group, COOH: the alpha amino acids, RCH(NH2)COOH, are the building blocks from which proteins are constructed. Cf. essential amino acid.… …

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  • 6Essential amino acid — An essential amino acid or indispensable amino acid is an amino acid that cannot be synthesized de novo by the organism (usually referring to humans), and therefore must be supplied in the diet. Contents 1 Essentiality vs. conditional… …

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  • 7Quantification of nucleic acids — is commonly used in molecular biology to determine the concentrations of DNA or RNA present in a mixture, as subsequent reactions or protocols using a nucleic acid sample often require particular amounts for optimum performance. There exist… …

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  • 8Proteinogenic amino acid — Proteinogenic amino acids are those amino acids that can be found in proteins and require cellular machinery coded for in the genetic code [1] of any organism for their isolated production. There are 22 standard amino acids, but only 21 are found …

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  • 9protein — proteinaceous /proh tee nay sheuhs, tee i nay /, proteinic, proteinous, adj. /proh teen, tee in/, n. 1. Biochem. any of numerous, highly varied organic molecules constituting a large portion of the mass of every life form and necessary in the… …

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  • 10Phenylalanine — Phe redirects here. For other uses, see Phe (disambiguation). Phenylalanine …

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