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...ental change such as: temperature and desiccation. Leucine is an important amino acid for the growth of this bacterium. The size of ''M. xanthus'' is about ten t

...code]] linking the DNA sequence of nucleotides to the protein sequence of amino acid residues.

...specialized activities. A good example is the catalytic role of particular amino acid residues in polypeptide enzymes and the role of [[functional group]]s such ...st amino acid in a polypeptide sequence is at the carboxy-terminal and the amino acid monomers are added to the amino-terminal using the messenger RNA molecules

...specialized activities. A good example is the catalytic role of particular amino acid residues in polypeptide enzymes and the role of [[functional group]]s such ...st amino acid in a polypeptide sequence is at the carboxy-terminal and the amino acid monomers are added to the amino-terminal using the messenger RNA molecules

...the air is also essential for life on [[Earth]]. It is incorporated into [[amino acid]]s and [[protein]]s, and is part of the [[nucleic acid]]s, such as [[DNA]]

...ne lipids, and a thick peptidoglycan layer containing omithine which is an amino acid.

...ne that allow for [[passive transport]] of many [[ion]]s, [[sugar]]s and [[amino acid]]s across the outer membrane. These molecules are therefore present in the

...torage) processes to lower blood levels of glucose, [[fatty acid]]s, and [[amino acid]]s and to promote their conversion to the respective storage forms of [[gly ...to the [[gastrointestinal tract]], it is reduced to fragments (even single amino acid components), whereupon all 'insulin activity' is lost.

...al medium]] described for ''Halobacterium'' includes all but 5 of the 20 [[amino acid]]s for growth.<ref name=GenomeSeq/> ...igh salt environments, in fact one of its primary sources of food is the [[amino acid]]s of other organisms which have [[lyse]]d due to the high salt concentrati

...typical of [[serine]] proteases of the subtilisin family and by the high [[amino acid]] identity percentage. This suggests that M. canis contains a family of SU

...are long-chain [[biopolymers]]. The main classes are [[carbohydrate]]s, [[amino acid]]s and [[protein]]s, [[polysaccharide]]s, [[lipid]]s, and [[nucleic acid]]s

...of cellular activities. This involves forming new protein molecules from [[amino acid]] building blocks based on information encoded in DNA/RNA. Protein synthesi

Tyrinosinase is an enzyme that acts on the amino acid tyrosine in metabolism, and is required for melanin production in mammals.

...ensure that a constant supply of fuel (in the form of [[glucose]] and [[amino acid]]s) reaches the foetus.<ref name=Butte99>Butte NF ''et al.'' (1999) Adjustm

...have an unknown function, 46 are virulence factors, 101 are involved in [[amino acid]] transport and [[metabolism]], 109 involved in [[carbohydrate]] transport

...inues to this day, with the recently-discovered 22nd genetically-encoded [[amino acid]] &ndash; [[pyrrolysine]] &ndash; from the archaeon, ''Methanosarcina barke

...ents are made mildly hypothermic. This slows the increase in excitatory [[amino acid]] levels that result in [[exitotoxicity]], thereby attenuating the excitoto

Oxytocin is a [[peptide]] of nine [[amino acid]]s (a nonapeptide). The sequence is [[cysteine]] - [[tyrosine]] - [[isoleuc ...ly related hormone, [[mesotocin]], which differs from oxytocin by a single amino acid and which is equally potent at the oxytocin receptor. Thus mesotocin in mar

Oxytocin is a [[peptide]] of nine [[amino acid]]s (a nonapeptide). The sequence is [[cysteine]] - [[tyrosine]] - [[isoleuc ...ly related hormone, [[mesotocin]], which differs from oxytocin by a single amino acid and which is equally potent at the oxytocin receptor. Thus mesotocin in mar