amino acid residual
kresten at my-deja.com
Mon Sep 25 02:53:47 EST 2000
A protein consists of amino-acid residues and not amino-acids since,
when the amino-acids are polymerized into polypeptides, water is
R-COOH + H2N-R' -> RCONHR' + H20
Therefore the protein-mass is the sum of the masses of the amino-acids
minus the mass of the water molecules removed during the synthesis.
In article <39CB90B7.692EF84F at zonvark.wustl.edu>,
gavin <gavin at zonvark.wustl.edu> wrote:
> I know this is gonna be a real dumb question. Would someone please
> to me what do people mean by "residual" when they talk about
> residuals of polypeptide
> or amino acids?
> Thank you much!
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