Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to an amine or other chemical compound containing an NH2 group.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing the group NH2: as, amino- acetic acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Relating to an
amine . - noun chemistry The
amine functional group .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the radical -NH2
- adjective pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You are suggesting that small RNA would assume the function performed by protein amino acyl synthetases and if we presume all the foregoing what leads you to think this mixture would evolve to produce a cell?
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Meteorites that fall to Earth contain amino acids and organic carbon molecules such as formaldehyde.
Crossroads 2009
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There is variation in amino acid sequence among different eukaryotic organisms.
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Now it seems that certain amino acids are more probable (and hence more common).
April 13th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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There's something to suit every chemical taste: you could chose the fairly simple dopamine and caffeine necklaces and earrings, the elegant "red wine" resveratrol and garnet necklace, or have your name or other message spelled out in amino acids.
Archive 2008-12-01 Peggy 2008
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What organizational structure would contain amino acid polymers prior to the existence of a code which would make possible orderly synthesis and inheritance?
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This suggests that a substantial fraction of the genetic code has a stereochemical basis, the triplets having escaped from their original function in amino acid-binding sites to become modern codons and anticodons.
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Of course, if it all began, as they say, by coopting certain amino acids to act as catalytic groups, or fortuitously latching on to small peptides to function as cross-linkers, it was perhaps the Most Lucky Event of all that such humble material contained within it the latent potential to turn the blind watchmaker into a rather impressive designer-mimic.
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In short, the authors found that the fat tissue from the obese co-twins showed a significant up-regulation of inflammatory pathways, significantly reduced mitochondrial DNA copy number, and disturbed mitochondrial energy metabolism — statistically most significantly, the decreased catabolism of branched-chain amino acids (BCAA).
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Obesity: It’s all in Your Cells? 2008
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If Behe is looking for an edge he might stick close to models that link changes in amino acid sequence to protein folding and consequent changes in protein structure.
Behe's Test 2008
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