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serine

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | © A Dictionary of Plant Sciences 1998, originally published by Oxford University Press 1998. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

serine An aliphatic, polar (see POLAR MOLECULE) alpha-amino acid. It is often associated with the active site of an enzyme.

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Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/20/1999; 700+ words ; ...researchers found an amino acid called D-serine in mammalian brains. Unlike all other amino acids found in animals, D-serine is right-handed. Ever since, researchers...have found an enzyme that converts serine from the normal left-handed form...
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Mammalian target of rapamycin regulates IRS-1 serine phosphorylation.
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Corvas and Dyax Announce Discovery of Fully Human Monoclonal Antibodies Against Endothelial Serine Proteases.
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Post-translational Control
Book article from: Genetics ...side chain, usually to the side chain hydroxyl (-OH) of serine, threonine, or tyrosine. This modification results from the...amino acid asparagine or to the hydroxyl of the amino acids serine or threonine. The structure of these carbohydrates can be complex...
Phospholipids
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications ...phosphate group in phosphatidate with an alcohol, such as serine, ethanolamine, choline, glyercol, or inositol. The resulting lipids may be charged, for example, phosphatidyl serine (PS), phosphatidyl inositol (PI), and phosphatidyl...
Residue
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications ...amino acid and its position. Therefore, if residue 45 in a particular polypeptide sequence is serine, that residue would be referred to as serine-45. see also Peptide Bond; Primary Structure; Proteins. Robert Noiva Bibliography Berg, Jeremy...
Glycoprotein
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications ...the asparagine is followed by some other amino acid and then a serine or threonine residue (-Asn-Xaa-Ser/Thr). Carbohydrate...the addition of sugar residues to the hydroxyl side chain of serine or threonine residues in polypeptides in the Golgi apparatus...

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