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In chemistry, an amino acid is a molecule containing both amine and carboxyl functional groups. These molecules are particularly important in biochemistry, where this term refers to alpha-amino acids with the general formula H2NCHRCOOH, where R is an organic substituent Amino acids are critical to life, and have a variety of roles in metabolism. One particularly important function is as the building blocks of proteins, which are linear chains of amino acids. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid === === The answerer to this question did not actually answer it. The question is asking what amino acid do all proteins start with, not for the definition of an amino acid. The answer is methionine, because the gene for every protein has a start codon in the mRNA of AUG, and AUG codes for the amino acid methionine.
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Amino acids are monomers used to build what?
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How proteins differ?
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Can proteins make hydrogen bonds?
If the R group on the amino acid constituents of proteins have a fluorine, oxygen or nitrogen linkage to a hydrogen the yes. An amide, NH3, is on the base of all amino acids. Check your amino acid structures.
What is the name of subunit structure of proteins?
The subunits that make up proteins in most living things are twenty different amino acids. Google amino acid at wiki.
What is the number of different amino acids from which all proteins in living things are made?
there are only twenty different amino acid
What determines which proteins are produced?
Genetic's determines what proteins are produced. Don't mix up proteins with amino acids; Proteins are made from amino acids and Amino acids are the monomers (building blocks) for proteins. In the triplet code an DNA strand is read like a book; for example: AT ] CG ] Amino acid Called Anmino acid lettered 'P'. TA ] PKUMIPPQ - All the amino acids join to form a protein (polypeptide).
Is nitrogen an essential component of proteins?
All proteins are compounds comprised of amino acids. Amino acids contain amine (-NH2) and carboxylic acid (-COOH) groups. Nitrogen is an essential component of the amine group in all proteins.
Are all the essential amino acids in baked beans?
The most limiting amino acid in cereal grain proteins (wheat, rice, corn) is lysine. The limiting amino acid in legume protein (peas and beans) is methionine.
What functional groups compose proteins?
Proteins are made up of amino acids, which are made up of amines (NH2) and carboxyls (COOH). They are joined by peptide bonds. Examples of functional categories of proteins includes Contractile proteins, regulatory proteins, structural proteins, transport proteins, catalytic proteins and immunological proteins
Where doesaminocid come from?
Do you mean Amino Acid? Amino Acids are proteins, and the body cannot produce them itself. There are Complete Proteins which have all 27 of the essential Amino Acids in them. Examples would be meat, fish, eggs, dairy products. Then there are Incomplete Proteins which have some, but not all, of the 27 essential amino acids, and they are vegetable in origin and examples include beans and nuts.
What 2 monomers appear in every amino acid?
Regardless of the countless arrangements of the tewnty plus amino acids, all proteins contain the amine group (-NH2) and the carboxylic group (-COOH). These groups or monomers appear in every amino acid.
