amino acid sequence
Britishnoun
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Two fossils shared an amino acid sequence found in humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas, while the others had a version so far unique to Paranthropus.
From Science Daily • Nov. 1, 2025
They found that a small variation in the protein's amino acid sequence serves as a "tag," instructing the cell on whether to keep the protein or send it out.
From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2025
Prior to that DeepMind developed AlphaFold, an AI that’s able to predict the 3D shape of hundreds of millions of different proteins from their amino acid sequence alone.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2023
Many of the genetic mutations that directly cause a condition, such as those responsible for cystic fibrosis and sickle-cell disease, tend to change the amino acid sequence of the protein they encode.
From Scientific American • Sep. 21, 2023
On a sheet of paper printed with the proglucagon amino acid sequence, which Mojsov still has, she jotted down what the functional portion of GLP-1 would be.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 8, 2023
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