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Selenocysteine, selenoproteins, translation trickery

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021

Wait a Sec! I thought U said this was #20DaysOfAminoAcids?! I know this is supposed to be #20DaysOfAminoAcids, because there […]

Basic amino acids, comparing basicity, & predicting protonation states based on pH and pKa

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021

I would always get really confused about why we call the negatively charged amino acids “acidic” and the + charged […]

Methionine, methyl transfers

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

Before he could be “SAM I am” he was METHIONINE. Have you Met yet? You can find him in green […]

How proteins take shape – amino acids, peptide bonds, & layers of protein structure

August 22, 2021March 27, 2022

I’ve talked a lot about how scientists can try to figure out a protein’s structure (the way the protein’s atoms […]

Amino acids – all* of ’em!

December 23, 2020December 24, 2021

I’m not a big jewelry wearer – a lab coat cape’s as accessory-ish as I normally go… But I LOVE […]

Serine, serine proteases

December 20, 2020December 20, 2021

Sometimes serine is serene – other times it’s sabotaging other proteins by providing the blade to “protein scissors” called serine […]

Glutamate, ionic “bonds,” salts

December 19, 2020December 19, 2021

MSG? Fine by me! It’s just a salt of glutamate, so why does everyone gotta hate? From giving food its […]

Glutamine, Huntington’s disease, genetic diseases & mutation types

December 18, 2020December 20, 2021

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a devastating and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive motor, cognitive, and psychological deterioration. It […]

Asparagine and asparaginase treatment

December 17, 2020December 17, 2021

You never know where a scientific exploration will take you – I learned so much about so many different things […]

Aspartate, the malate-aspartate shuttle

December 16, 2020December 18, 2021

I’ve always been more interested in the super close and super small than the super far and super big. So, […]

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