Can someone tell me some basic facts of Amino Acids?

Answer 1

Amino acids are any one of a class of simple organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and in certain cases sulfur. These compounds are the building blocks of proteins. They are characterized by the presence of a carboxyl group (COOH) and an amino group (NH2) attached to the same carbon at the end of the compound. The 20 amino acids commonly found in animals are alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and valine. More than 100 less common amino acids also occur in biological systems, particularly in plants. Every amino acid except glycine can occur as either of two optically active stereoisomers, D or L; the more common isomer in nature is the L-form. When the carboxyl carbon atom of one amino acid covalently binds to the amino nitrogen atom of another amino acid with the release of a water molecule, a peptide bond is formed. Amino acids are released in the intestinal tract by the digestion of food proteins and are then carried in the bloodstream to the body cells, where they are used for growth, maintenance, and repair. Cellular catabolism breaks amino acids down into smaller fragments. Many of the amino acids necessary in metabolism can be synthesized in the human or animal body when needed; these are called nonessential. Others cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities; these are termed essential and must be provided in the diet.

Answer 2

There are 10 of them. They exist in many many foods in varying quantities. Meats have ALL the amino acids present, which makes them complete proteins. However, vegetable proteins like beans/wheat/rice only have SOME amino acids.

You must have ALL 10 of them in your food at the same time in to create a complete protein that can be utilized by your body.

If they are not all present, your body will not get the effect of the protein.

That is why...if you eat all the beans in the world, you won't get any protein....you have to complement beans with a food that contains the missing amino acids that beans don't have. Rice is a good one, or corn.

There are many websites/publications that recommend proper matching of amino acid foods.

(There are actually viruses that thrive on certain single amino acids in your body.)

Answer 3

amino acids are the basic building blocks of proteins, although there are also non-protein amino acids.
There are 20 standard amino acids, and in nutrition, there are 8 "essential" amino acids to be healthy.
If you're a vegetarian, you need to eat a variety of things to get all 8. Meat contains all 8.

Answer 4

each and each and every amino acid has a N-terminus and a C-terminus. the adaptation between the linear and branched platforms is basically for depiciton. Chemically they are the same. The branched ones basically better properly depict the positions of indiividual atoms contained in the amino acid with the aid of electron repulsion.

Answer 5

amino acid is any molecule that contains both amine and carboxyl functional groups. Aminos are what make up the polypeptide chains in proteins.

Answer 6

PROTEIN GETS METOBOLISED IN THE FORM OF AMINO ACIDS BEFORE IT IS BEING ABSORBED INTO THE HUMAN SYSTEM
TEN ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS CAN BE IDETIFIED BY PUTTING IT IN THIS MANNER"MATT VILL PHLY"-Methionin,arginin,triptophan,threonin,valin,isolucin,lucin,prolin ,histadin,and lysin

Answer 7

OMG!
I have a final on this tomorrow!
Protiens are made up of Amino Acids.