WordNet
n. any large molecule containing chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds
Usage examples of "protein molecule".
Chust theenk- except for that one original beta protein molecule, we should probably today all be merely a kind of goreela or cheempanzee-anyway, an ordinary anthropoid ape.
Among the regular domes of the rank and file of phospholipid molecules, he caught occasional glimpses of an irregular mass, which he guessed to be a protein molecule that ran through the thickness of the cell membrane.
It was the first time the structure of any naturally occurring protein molecule had ever been determined in full, and for this Sanger was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1958.
When G mutates, the change makes a crucial difference to the amino-acid sequence normally specified by the gene G, and hence to the coiled-up shape of the protein molecule.
If we increase in length ten times, say to the size and mass of a small protein molecule, we would reduce the apparent distance to merely ten or fifteen kilometers.
Synthesizing any new protein molecule from scratch takes a matter of minutes.
A prion is a smallish protein molecule that can act as a catalyst for the formation of more protein molecules just like itself.
It is a fact that the proteins of all organisms examined so far are built up of about twenty amino acids and that the sequence, or arrangement, of amino acids in a protein molecule is determined by the sequence of the four bases in the DNA ( = the genetic code).
It proceeds much like a zipper, starting with amino acid valine at one end of the chain, closing bond after bond until the protein molecule is completed.
The DNA gives the orders, the RNA takes them, goes to work on the amino acids, and builds a protein molecule to specifications.
Muscleman starter kit that will fold and mutate like a GoBot or a protein molecule into bulldozers, tanks, satellite stations, and Kalashnikovs.
On a higher level of organization, a molecule of water is simpler than a protein molecule.
That wouldn't need anything but a protein molecule of any body to work on.
The absolute synthesis involves a chain of amino acids long enough to recognize clearly as a protein molecule.
For example, one of the basic mysteries in biology is how the linear chemical structure of a protein molecule specifies the way that it will wrap itself into a unique three-dimensional shape, which in turn determines its biological function.