How to Use amino acid in a Sentence

amino acid

noun

• The body naturally produces taurine from the amino acid cysteine.
  — Jillian Kubala, Rd, Health, 5 Nov. 2024
• This is because the amino acids (including lysine) that form protein are abundant in most protein-rich food sources such as eggs, meat like pork, beef, chicken and fish, and dairy such as milk, yogurt and cheese.
  — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 19 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The amino acid change lies within the first of three transmembrane regions domains.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
• In the mouse, 11 of 29 amino acids of this critical domain differed from the human version.
  — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2020
• It is made up of three main amino acids—glycine, arginine, and methionine.
  — Jillian Kubala, Health, 12 Aug. 2024
• Glucosamine is an amino acid that helps protect and rebuild cartilage in the joints.
  — Dallas News, 22 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024