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Parent topics
- Protein [r]: A polymer of amino acids; basic building block of living systems. [e]
- Amino acid [r]: Biochemical with an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydrogen atom, and a side chain bonded to a central carbon. [e]
- Polymer [r]: A compound of high molecular weight derived either by the addition of many smaller, similar molecules (monomers), or by the condensation of many smaller, similar molecules eliminating water, alcohol, etc. [e]
Subtopics
The 20 common amino acids
- Alanine [r]: The second smallest of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- Cysteine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids and one of two that contains a sulphur atom. [e]
- Aspartic acid [r]: One of the common amino acids incorporated into proteins. It is charged, polar, and hydrophilic. [e]
- Glutamic acid [r]: One of the 20 common amino acids and one of two acidic amino acids. [e]
- Phenylalanine [r]: An aromatic amino acid incorporated into proteins. [e]
- Glycine [r]: The smallest of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- Histine [r]: One of the common amino acids used in protein synthesis. [e]
- Lysine [r]: A positively charged amino acid used by living systems to build proteins. [e]
- Isoleucine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. [e]
- Leucine [r]: An aliphatic, non-polar, hydrophobic amino acids incorporated into proteins. [e]
- Methionine [r]: One of two common amino acids used in proteins that contain a sulphur atom. [e]
- Asparagine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. It is neutral but polar. [e]
- Proline [r]: A cyclic, non-polar amino acid used in proteins. [e]
- Glutamine [r]: A polar, neutral amino acid, the amide version of glutamic acid. [e]
- Arginine [r]: A positively charged common amino acid, incorporated into proteins. [e]
- Serine [r]: One of three hydroxylated amino acids used in protein synthesis; subject to phosphorylation. [e]
- Threonine [r]: One of three hydroxylated amino acids in proteins; it may be phosphorylated [e]
- Valine [r]: One of the twenty common amino acids used by living organisms to build proteins. It is aliphatic and non-polar. [e]
- Tryptophan [r]: One of four common aromatic amino acids in proteins. [e]
- Tyrosine [r]: One of four common aromatic amino acids use in protein synthesis; it may be phosphorylated. [e]