How to Use amino acid in a Sentence

amino acid

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  • Isoleucine is one of the three branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs).
    — Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 26 Nov. 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
  • Since there are 20 amino acids, this produced a 20-tone scale.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 June 2019
  • 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
  • There were also traces of an amino acid — glycine — adding weight to the idea that comets could be source of the building blocks of life.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 1 Oct. 2018
  • 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
  • In the second twin, some of her cells will have a four base pair deletion, which will cause a short tail of 10 random amino acids.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2018
  • 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
  • That sense of depth would show how far a Europa lander would have to dig to get a sense of readings for amino acids, the building blocks of life.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 23 July 2018
  • 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
  • And there was snack food — lots and lots of snack food, each purporting to have more amino acids or fiber or probiotics than the last.
    — Liza Zwirn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • That’s not easy to replicate with some plant proteins, which tend to have more sulfur-containing amino acids than egg proteins do.
    — Bob Holmes, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Pure maple syrup offers potassium, calcium and some amino acids.
    — Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024

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