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Amino Acids
Amino acids are important organic
compounds made from amine (NH2)
and carboxylic acid (COOH),along with
a side-chain specific to each amino acid.]
The key elements of an amino acid
are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Proteins are macromolecules made from
amino acids (the subunit) binding together.
About 500 amino acids are known.
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How does it work?
DNA is made up of the four nucleotides adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and
thymine (T), which are arranged in a certain order along the strand. An example
might be: ACGGTC.
Each three-letter combination codes for a certain amino acid. In this case, ACG
would code for one amino acid, and GTC another.
Then those amino acids are put together to form proteins, which are used to build
the structure of a cell and fuel all the cell’s functions. These three-letter combos are
called codons.
Nucleotides make up codons; codons code for amino acids; amino acids are put
together into proteins; proteins make up cells; cells make up organisms.
And thus DNA is the basis of life.
Jonathan Coulton
sings a
fun song about it.