serine
Non-essential amino acid
Serine is an amino acid found in proteins, one of the twenty standard building blocks of biological proteins.
It plays roles in metabolism and cell signaling.
The body can synthesize serine, making it nonessential in the dietary sense—you don't need to consume it directly.
Combining parts into whole
- polypeptideAmino acid polymer
- peptide bondAmino acid connection
- ribosomeProtein synthesis site
- translationConverting between languages
codon · anticodon · sequence · residue · active site · phosphorylation · modification · folding
Protein's molecular subunit
- hydroxyl-OH functional group
- polarOf extreme latitudes
- residueMatter left behind
- chiralityMirror-image non-superimposability
carboxyl · amine · enantiomer · stereoisomer · molecular · formula · crystalline · soluble
Simplest amino acid
- cysteineThiol-containing amino acid
- methionineSulfur-bearing essential amino-acid
- homocysteineMethionine breakdown product
- folateVitamin for DNA synthesis
biosynthesis · transamination · pyruvate · synthase · deamination · glycolysis · intermediates · methylation
Protein-cleaving enzyme
- catalysisAccelerating reactions without consumption
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- hydrolysisWater-induced bond cleavage
- trypsinPancreatic digestive protease
thrombin · lipase · esterase · inhibitor · cleavage · specificity · phosphatase · mechanism
synthesis
Combining parts into whole
- polypeptideAmino acid polymer
- peptide bondAmino acid connection
- ribosomeProtein synthesis site
translation · codon · anticodon · sequence · residue · active site · phosphorylation · modification · folding
amino acid
Protein's molecular subunit
chirality · carboxyl · amine · enantiomer · stereoisomer · molecular · formula · crystalline · soluble · neutral
glycine
Simplest amino acid
- cysteineThiol-containing amino acid
- methionineSulfur-bearing essential amino-acid
- homocysteineMethionine breakdown product
folate · biosynthesis · transamination · pyruvate · synthase · deamination · glycolysis · intermediates · methylation · pathway
protease
Protein-cleaving enzyme
- catalysisAccelerating reactions without consumption
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- hydrolysisWater-induced bond cleavage
trypsin · thrombin · lipase · esterase · inhibitor · cleavage · specificity · phosphatase · mechanism
- Biochemicalsamino acid, amino acids, protein, proteins, DNA
- amino acidsalanine, arginine, asparagine, cysteine, glutamine
- metabolitespyruvate, lactate, glucose, citrate, acetyl-CoA
- chiral moleculesalanine, arginine, asparagine, cysteine, glutamine
- Neurotransmitter Precursorstryptophan, tyrosine, phenylalanine, choline, glutamate
- Phosphorylationphosphate group, kinase, phosphatase, ATP, ADP
serineessential amino acid
Protein component requiring ingestion
lysine · leucine · histidine · phenylalanine · methionine