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The protein molecule is composed of amino acid subunits.
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When amino acids are broken down they lose their amine groups?
Yes amino acids lose their amine groups when broken down. Amino acids are used as precursors to nucleic acids when broken down.
What are the product of protein hydrolysis?
The hydrolytic process breaks down inter-amino acid bonds of the protein, so that first polypeptides, then oligopeptides, and finally the constituent amino acids result. By hydrolysis a water molecule will be split into a hydrogen atom and an -OH group and these two units take the bindings that held the amino acids togeather in the first place so that the protein molecule is decomposed. Hydrolysis means "dissolving by water", but usually also some catalyst must be present for the reaction to occur, like an acid or base. A protein is a very long chains of amino acids which also is wrapped up in specific ways to produce a shape specific for the protein molecule. A polypeptide is a long chain of amino acids, but shorter than a protein. An oligopeptide is a chain of just a few amino acids.
Do proteins break down into amino acids?
Yes proteins are built up from amino acids.
How is amino acid absorbed into the bloodstream?
Glycerol and Protein are broken down by enzymes to go past the wall of the small intestine and from there the glycerol becomes sugar and the protein becomes amino acids and then it's absorbed in our blood.
How can energy be obtained from amino acids?
When you eat foods with proteins, your body breaks down the proteins into amino acids, then combines those amino acids to make the proteins it needs. Meat products tend to have more amino acids, so are naturally more beneficial to your body. Some substitutes are possible, except they do not always have the amino acids you need.
Can a molecule be broken down in a chemical reaction?
yes they can by amino acids
When amino acids are broken down they lose their amine groups?
Yes amino acids lose their amine groups when broken down. Amino acids are used as precursors to nucleic acids when broken down.
Which molecule that fastens amino acids down on mRNA?
The molecule that fastens amino acids down on the mRNA is transfer RNA, or tRNA.
What are protein molecules broken down into?
Proteins are broken down firstly into peptides, which are then digested into even smaller units - amino acids.
After the proteins have been broken down into amino acids where do the amino acids go?
The Liver.
Proteins are broken down to?
Amino Acids
Protiens are broken down into?
Amino acids
What happens to amino acids inside liver cells?
amino acids are, broken down / converted, to urea
How are Amino acids joined together and broken down?
no
Do amino acids need to be digested before absorbed?
No because they are in their basic unit. Proteins have to be broken down into basic units (proteins broken down to amino acids)
In what order is protein broken down during digestion?
Polypeptides, peptides, amino acids
What are fats proteins and carbohydrates broken down into?
Proteins are broken down into amino acids, carbohydrates are broken down into sugars and fats are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol.
