How to Use amino acid in a Sentence

amino acid

noun

• Collagen is the body’s most abundant protein, made up of amino acids, or peptides.
  — Brooke Russell, Quartzy, 5 Oct. 2019
• Organic compounds are the byproduct of the reactions that create amino acids.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Oct. 2019
• Proteins play, which vital roles in all living organisms, consist of amino acids, which are often described as the building blocks of life.
  — David Hodari, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
• The award highlights the connection between the sequence of amino acids and a protein’s structure, which all three scientists helped reveal.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
• The Maillard reaction occurs when the amino acids in high-protein foods such as cheese and pepperoni react with the sugars in those foods when heated.
  — Jeffrey Miller, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
• Baker and his team harnessed the power of computers to decode how amino acid chains, the building blocks of proteins, fold into specific three-dimensional shapes.
  — Christine Clarridge, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
• The supplements specifically contain high amounts of three amino acids that are key building blocks for collagen synthesis in the body: glycine, proline and hydroxyproline.
  — Lisa Drayer, CNN, 17 Oct. 2019
• Similarly, in announcing the chemistry prize on Wednesday, committee members talked a lot about amino acid sequences and structural biochemistry.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 10 Oct. 2024
• The amino acid-spiked blend helps those with hair loss, too.
  — ELLE, 24 Dec. 2022
• Leucine, like valine and isoleucine, is a branched-chain amino acid.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2022
• The amino acids missing from beans are found in rice and vice versa.
  — Cynthia Sass, Mph, Rd, Health, 9 Nov. 2023
• Aside from squalane, this lip balm also boasts amino acids.
  — Jacqueline Kilikita, refinery29.com, 21 June 2024
• Fear of the dark is an arrangement of fifteen amino acids.
  — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2019
• That was true for mutations that changed an amino acid.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 June 2022
• Of the 20 amino acids out there, nine are essential, meaning your body can’t make them.
  — Lauren Manaker, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2023
• It’s also spiked with a multi-amino acid blend to strengthen strands and boost body.
  — Celia Shatzman, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2022
• So chemists had to alter the hormone’s building blocks — a chain of amino acids — to find a more durable variant.
  — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• Both versions of the gene encode exactly the same amino acid.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 June 2022
• This letter shows the original amino acid in the protein.
  — Sarah Toy, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2022
• Green tea is a rich source of the amino acid L-theanine, with tea being the only food source of L-theanine.
  — Amy Fischer M.s., R.d., Good Housekeeping, 8 Nov. 2022
• Six codons, for example, code for the amino acid serine.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 June 2021
• Proteins are long strands of amino acids, found in meat and enriched plant foods like tofu.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 25 July 2023
• The test offered a way to detect high levels of phenylalanine, the amino acid that builds up in PKU.
  — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 29 Apr. 2022
• Chickpeas and milk are a source of tryptophan, an amino acid that can help to improve sleep.
  — Lisa Drayer, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
• Our bodies need nine amino acids—the building blocks of protein—to make muscle.
  — National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019
• This creates what scientists call an amino acid glycine, a key figure in the hunt for the origin of life.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 15 Feb. 2022
• Whey, creatine, and branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are among the most popular of these.
  — Donavyn Coffey, TIME, 1 Apr. 2024
• This single amino acid change improves the stability of the spike protein on the surface of the virus.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• One changes the amino acid at position 202 from serine to asparagine.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
• These proteins are made up of molecules called amino acids.
  — Fiona Embleton, Glamour, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024