Amino acids are characterized by their central carbon atom, known as the α-carbon, which is bonded to an amino group (-NH2), a carboxyl group (-COOH), a hydrogen atom, and a variable side chain ...

Branched chain amino acids (BCAA) are among nutrients strongly linked with insulin sensitivity (IS) measures. We investigated the effects of a chronic increase of BCAA intake on IS in two groups ...

Ranging from 4-6g per serving in most protein supplements, BCAA stands for branched-chain amino acids, and are essential nutrients which the body does not produce on its own. That means it can ...

In their most basic state, proteins are composed of a linear chain of amino acids, and these linear molecules normally fold up into specific three-dimensional shapes. A protein's function directly ...

The sequence of amino acids in the chain determines how the chain will fold up to make the protein, so different proteins have different three-dimensional shapes. The three-dimensional shape of a ...

The purpose of protein synthesis is simply to create a polypeptide -- a protein made out of a chain of amino acids. In a hair follicle cell, a protein called keratin is made. Lots of it.

Synthetic biologists from Yale were able to re-write the genetic code of an organism—a novel genomically recoded organism ...

Proteins, the pillars of cellular function, often assemble into 'complexes' to fulfill their functions. A study reveals why this assembly often begins during the very process of protein synthesis or ...

Introduction Definition of Peptides Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds, typically consisting of 2 to ...

The specific structure of a protein determines its unique biological function. (click on image to enlarge) (Image: National Human Genom Research Institute) Proteins are built from a set of 20 standard ...

Each enzyme is made from proteins made of these twisting and folding amino acids, and therefore the enzyme ... between the amino acid molecules in the chain. High temperatures will break these ...