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No, it is NOT, although it is often claimed to be. It is a sulfonic acid, but NOT an amino acid.
Why not, you may ask? This is due to the scientific definition of how an amino acid has to be composed:
Amino acids are defined as organic acids with an amino group (-NH2) and a carboxy group (-COOH) attached to a chain of carbon atoms of varying length. A look a the structural formula of taurine shows that this is clearly not the case: The hydroxy group (-OH) as well as the doubly bonded oxygen are attached to a sulfur atom and not to a carbon atom.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo, Thymine is not an amino acid.
Thymine is a base used to create nucleotides. These nucleutides are used to create Nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA.
Three base pairs in DNA/RNA code for specific amino acids. For example three thymines codes for the amino acid Leucine.
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What amino acid is technically not an amino acid?
proline is not an amino acid it is an imino acid
Each codon calls for a specific?
amino acid
Is phosphoric acid an amino acid?
Nope. To my knowledge there are only two acidic amino acids: Aspartic acid and glutamic acid.
What is glycogenic amino acid?
Glycogenic amino acid is an amino acid that can be converted into glycogen bodies throught glycogenesis
Why is glutamic acid an acidic amino acid and lysine a basic amino acid?
Glutamic acid has a carboxylic acid (COO-) group on the gamma carbon of the amino acid. The carboxylic acid group carries a negative charge and is considered acidic. Lysine has a amino group (NH3+) on the zeta carbon of the amino acid. The positively charged group on the terminal carbon atom makes it an basic amino acid.
Does mRNA have uracil?
Uracil is the amino acid which replaces the DNA amino acid Thymine.
Adenine and thymine mutation in sickle cell?
yes. thymine replaces adenine in the dna that codes for the amino acid on the 6th position of the beta globin chain resulting in an amino acid change of glutamic acid to valine. shari (med student - jamaica)
Does the sequence of dna determine the sequence of amino acids in a protein?
Yes. GCT ACG AAU All codons represent one amino acid except uracil will be substituted for thymine in the mRNA.
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What amino acid is technically not an amino acid?
proline is not an amino acid it is an imino acid
Why do codons code for 1 amino acid?
This is because Thymine, through adenine, is replaced by uracil. Though there are five only four may be used at one time.
Each codon calls for a specific?
amino acid
How does the process of translation convert information?
From a nucleic acid code to an amino acid code
What is a beta-amino acid?
A beta-amino acid is an amino acid which has the amino and carboxylic functional groups attached to adjacent carbon atoms.
Is phosphoric acid an amino acid?
Nope. To my knowledge there are only two acidic amino acids: Aspartic acid and glutamic acid.
What does thymine mean?
Thymine is a nucleobases that makes up the nucleic acid of DNA. There are three other nucleobases in nucleic acid.
What is glycogenic amino acid?
Glycogenic amino acid is an amino acid that can be converted into glycogen bodies throught glycogenesis
