Amino acids are the building blocks of life as they form the basis of proteins. Methionine is one of the most important amino acids at it is essential to the formation of all proteins.
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Methionine May Be Key To Longevity
Posted by Healthy And Fit on December 3rd, 2009
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Comments OffSense (molecular biology)
Posted by Healthy And Fit on June 8th, 2009
Sense, when applied in a molecular biology context, is a general concept used to compare the polarity of nucleic acid molecules, such as DNA or RNA, to other nucleic acid molecules.
Posted in Diseases Tags: Acid Molecules, Amino Acids, Antisense Molecules, Complementary Strand, Complementary Strands, Dna Code, Dna Strand, Dna Strands, Double Strand, Molecular Biologists, Molecular Biology, Nucleic Acids, Promoter Region, Protein Translation, Regulatory Sequences, Rna Dna, Rna Strand, Sense Strand, Strand Dna, Template Dna Comments OffCiclosporin
Posted by Healthy And Fit on June 8th, 2009
Posted in Diseases Tags: Amino Acids, Atopic Dermatitis, Basel Switzerland, Cas Number, Cyclosporine, Dr Hartmann, Drugbank, Immune Suppression, Iupac Name, Liver Transplants, Organ Rejection, Organ Transplant, Pharmacokinetic Data, Pubchem, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Small Intestine, Therapeutic Considerations, Thomas Starzl, Transplant Medicine, University Of Pittsburgh Hospital Comments OffSerine
Posted by Healthy And Fit on June 7th, 2009
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| IUPAC name | (S)-2-amino-3-hydroxypropanoic acid |
| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | 56-45-1 |
| PubChem | 617 |
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| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | C3H7NO3 |
| Molar mass | 105.09 g mol−1 |
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| Structure and properties |
n, εr, etc. |
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Phase behaviour Solid, liquid, gas |
| Spectral data | UV, IR, NMR, MS |
| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox references |
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Serine (abbreviated as Ser or S) is an organic compound with the formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH2OH.
Occurrence
It is one of the 20 naturally occurring proteinogenic amino acids.
Posted in Diseases Tags: Amination, Amino Acids, Carbon Fragments, Chemical Synthesis, Codons, Human Diet, Hydrolysis, Hydroxyl Group, Iupac Name, Liquid Gas, Methyl Acrylate, Molar Mass, Molecular Formula, Number 56, Page Structure, Principal Donor, Purines, Silk Protein, Spectral Data, Stereoisomer Comments OffStrecker amino acid synthesis
Posted by Healthy And Fit on June 7th, 2009
The Strecker amino acid synthesis, devised by Adolph Strecker, is a series of chemical reactions that synthesize an amino acid from an aldehyde (or ketone).
Posted in Diseases Tags: 2 Butanone, Acid Synthesis, Aldehyde, Amines, Amino Acids, Ammonia, Ammonium Chloride, Ammonium Salts, Auxiliaries, Catalysts, Chemical Reactions, Cyanide Ion, Equivalents, Ketones, Nitriles, Nucleophilic Addition, Proton, Reaction Mechanism, Scale Synthesis, Strecker Synthesis Comments OffBeta-peptide
Posted by Healthy And Fit on June 7th, 2009
β-peptides consist of β amino acids, which have their amino group bonded to the β carbon rather than the α carbon as in the 20 standard biological amino acids.
Posted in Diseases Tags: Alanine, Amine, Amino Acids, Amino Group, Antibiotic Resistance, Arndt, Backbones, Bioactive Molecules, Carbonyl Group, Carboxylic Acid Group, Chemical Structure, Chemical Synthesis, Chirality, Dieter Seebach, Functional Groups, Gauche Conformation, Organic Residue, Peptides, Secondary Structure, Secondary Structures Comments Off
