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amino

/uh-mee-noh, am-uh-noh/US // əˈmi noʊ, ˈæm əˌnoʊ //UK // (əˈmaɪnəʊ, -ˈmiː-) //

氨基,氨基酸,氨基的,氨基化合物

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : containing the amino group.

Examples

  • NASA’s Cassini space probe even identified compounds containing carbon, nitrogen and oxygen within Enceladus’ plumes, some of the ingredients of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.

  • Certain beneficial bacteria will eat tryptophan, an amino acid in root exudates, and return it to the plant as indole-3-acetic acid, one of the botanical world’s most important growth hormones.

  • To make proteins, a cell looks to these three-letter “codons” to determine which amino acid to add next to a protein it is building.

  • To become stinky 3M3SH, enzymes have to remove those two amino acids.

  • By predicting the elusive ways in which various proteins fold on the basis of their amino acid sequences, AlphaFold may soon have a tremendous impact in aiding drug discovery and fighting some of today’s most intractable diseases.

  • Eggs, he says, are a good source of cysteine, an amino acid that helps the liver break down alcohol faster.

  • Comets contain amino acids, which are organic compounds that include the raw ingredients for proteins that make for living things.

  • Unlike coffee, tea has an amino acid that is associated with calmness: Theanine.

  • The premise is this: turkey is chock-full of a soporific essential amino acid, tryptophan, one of the 22 essential amino acids.

  • She cut out amino acids and other slightly toxic chemicals found in many foods we consume every day.

  • Thus the proteins are digested down to the amino acids and these diffuse into the blood as demonstrated by Folin and by Van Slyke.

  • The different proteins differ in regard to the different types of amino acids which they contain.

  • The same increase accompanies the introduction of the amino group into aromatic nuclei.

  • It would, therefore, appear that the value of the amino bodies is largely of a stimulant character.

  • Apothesine, the hydrochlorid of diethyl-amino-propyl-cinnamate, is an efficient local anesthetic.

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