Amino Acids

AMINO ACIDs are the basic building blocks of proteins. These are organic compounds with 20 building blocks of protein, organic compounds that made up of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and some are sulfur bonded in characteristic formations.

Amino acids make up 75% of the human body. They are essential to nearly every bodily function. Every chemical reaction that takes place in your body depends on amino acids and the proteins that they build.

The essential amino acids must be ingested every day. Failure to get enough of even one of the 10 essential amino acids can result in protein degradation. The human body simply does not store amino acids for later use, as it does with fats and starches. You can find amino acids many places in nature. In fact, more than 300 have been found in the natural world, from such diverse sources as microorganisms and meteorites.

 

 

   

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Structure of Amino Acids
Amino Acid Properties

Classes of Amino Acids
Amino Acid Disorders Screening
Functions and Non-functions in proteins