Amino acid

Amino acid

A chemical substance found in plants and animals. The building blocks of hair.

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A chain of molecules which form a protein. Amino acids are found in hair and hair products and provide a protective coating on each individual strand of hair.

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The building block of a protein. Twenty different amino acids are used to synthesize proteins. The shape and other properties of each protein is dictated by its precise sequence ...

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Archaeology; 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 ...

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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 ...

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A type of chemical compound that proteins are made of. It is made up mostly carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and nitrogen.

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An acid containing the group NH 2 . In particular, any of 20 basic building blocks of proteins with a free amino (NH 2 ) and a free carboxyl (COOH) group, and having the basic ...

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