Sentences with phrase «called lysine»

The amino acid called arginine aids in the replication of the herpes virus, and the amino acid called lysine inhibits it, so common sense prevails here.

Researchers have now shown that an epigenetic enzyme called lysine specific demethylase 1 (Lsd1) plays a major part in this transformation.

Carnitine is actually formed in the body, and is made up of two essential amino acids, called lysine and methionine.

In the new study, expanding upon what scientists previously understood about intrinsic immunity, the researchers found that cells can subsequently respond to latent HCMV by employing other cellular proteins called lysine demethylases to reactivate the virus.

Both contain molecular fragments called catechol in close proximity to an amino acid called lysine.

Not exact matches

The research team learned the virus brings with it to the cell a protein called UL138 that blocks the cellular lysine demethylases from turning the virus back on.

In their experiment, the team synthesized what they call interfering nanoparticles, or iNOPs, made from repetitively branched molecules of a small natural polymer called poly - L - lysine.

Moreover, consumption of Maillard chemical products (also called Advanced Glycation Products, or AGEs for short) formed by reactions between lysine and sugars is a common occurrence in cooking that leads to brown colors called Maillard products.

Lysine deficiency can result in vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency and this can cause a disease called pellagra [7].

Of the twenty amino acids needed for proper construction, eight are called essential amino acids for adults, nine for children, since the body can not synthesize or make these for itself: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine (which becomes cystine), phenylalanine (which becomes tyrosine), threonine, tryptophan, and valine.

Lysine is a receptor antagonist of a specific serotonin receptor called 5 - HT4; it prevents serotonin (or 5 - HT) molecules from binding to and stimulating the receptor.

The amino acid lysine forms a percentage of collagen itself, but much is converted to a structural protein in collagen called hydroxylysine.

Both lysine and a structurally related compound it forms called allysine are raw materials for all collagen in your skin.