This image illustrates the general structure of an amino acid.The central carbon atom (C) is bonded to a hydrogen atom (H), an amino group (NH2), a carboxyl group (COOH), and a variable side chain (R ...

The catalytic site of chymotrypsin contains an interior aspartic acid hydrogen-bonded to a histidine which in its turn is hydrogen-bonded to a serine. Polarization of the system due to the buried ...

Working with aspartic acid and asparagine, however, we have for some time observed that yeast growth has been stimulated under some conditions to a remarkable extent if either aspartic acid or ...