See Also: amino acid activation(medicine)
amino acid(dictionary)
amino acid(dictionary)
Amino acid(health)
Amino acid(medicine)
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acidic amino acid(medicine)

amino acid activation (medicine)


amino acid activation


The first step of protein synthesis, whereby an amino acid reacts with adenosine triphosphate in the presence of aminoacyl RNA synthetase to produce an amino acid adenylate, which provides the energy necessary for the attachment of the amino acid to a specific transfer RNA molecule.