Amino

Is there a simpler amino acid than glycine?

What's an amino acid?

Proteins are chains of amino acids that are folded like origami paper.

Every protein is a polymer composed of units called amino acids.

Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

Elsila and her team will look for the molecules, such as formaldehyde or hydrogen cyanide, that form amino acids to shed light on the primordial chemistry of the solar system.

Proteins are made of smaller molecules called amino acids.

Bacteria in our bodies compete for survival, just like animals in the wild. And Staphyloccocus lugdunensis makes a really odd-looking chain of amino acids scientists have dubbed lugdunin, that keeps S. aureus at bay.