Amino acid substitution
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000305
The replacement of one or more amino acids in a protein with another. If a functionally equivalent amino acid is substituted, the protein may retain wild-type activity. Substitution may also diminish or eliminate protein function.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-000305 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Mutation; Protein structure; Missense mutation; Protein engineering; Structure-activity relationships |
| Translations | Spanish: sustitución de aminoácidos |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-000305",
"term": "Amino acid substitution",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "The replacement of one or more amino acids in a protein with another. If a functionally equivalent amino acid is substituted, the protein may retain wild-type activity. Substitution may also diminish or eliminate protein function.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"mutation",
"protein structure",
"missense mutation",
"protein engineering",
"structure-activity relationships"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "sustitución de aminoácidos"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/amino-acid-substitution/"
}
Record 302 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.