amino acid
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- noun
- /əˈmiːnoʊ ˈæsɪd/
- Specialized
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aminoácido
- When these foods are combined, all amino acids are available and the diet is adequate in protein.
- essential amino acids
- amino acid sequence
- amino acids in proteins
So we're foraging for amino acids unconsciously.
- So we're foraging for amino acids unconsciously.
- We change the mouse by changing one amino acid, one part of this protein.
- We changed the mouse by changing one amino acid, one part of this protein.
- Plus you need proteins and amino acids to build your body parts.
- You just need simple amino acids, just simple biomolecules.
- You have to eat enough protein to supply your body the amino acids to rebuild itself.
- So protein is a chain of amino acids, residues, residues.
- So yeah, cooking, typically cooking actually makes amino acids more bioavailable, not less.
- And they even can detect a single amino acid type.
- And there they are paying attention to meaning they respond to amino acids, sugars and fatty acids.
Examples
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There are twenty different amino acids that combine in various sequences to form all types of proteins.
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In addition, microbes produce essential vitamins and amino acids that may otherwise be unavailable in leaves.
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Now I would like to have a link between two amino acids like that.
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Um, uh, does it... does it have the same amino acid sequence as humans?
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We change the mouse by changing one amino acid, one part of this protein.
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Plus you need proteins and amino acids to build your body parts.
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You have to eat enough protein to supply your body the amino acids to rebuild itself.
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To grow, shrimp need food that contains amino acids similar to those found in their own proteins.
Academic text (1996) -
These flasks contain frozen cells in a solution of amino acids.
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Your brain creates serotonin from the amino acid precursor called tryptophan.
Synonyms
A small chemical with an amino group and an acid group used to build proteins
How Long
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'amino' (pertaining to an –NH2 group) plus 'acid' (a substance with acidic properties) yields an acid that contains an amino group, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the intended concept. This is a technical but transparent compound and parallels exist cross-linguistically, making it predictable rather than idiomatic.
Etymology
Amino acid comes from the two parts inside the small molecule: amino (a part that contains nitrogen) and acid (a part that behaves like an acid). Picture many small beads with these two parts that link together to form long protein chains, so they are the 'building blocks' of proteins.