aminoacidsequences
nounUK /əˈmiːnəʊ ˈæsɪd ˈsiːkwənsɪz/
US /əˈmiːnoʊ ˈæsɪd ˈsiːkwənsɪz/
The order in which tiny building blocks called amino acids are joined together to make a protein.
Scientists compared the aminoacidsequences of the two proteins to see how similar they were.
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2. The linear arrangement of amino acids in a polypeptide, often written as a string of letters.
The database stores aminoacidsequences as one-letter codes.
3. Data representing the order of amino acids, used in bioinformatics for comparison and analysis.
The software aligned thousands of aminoacidsequences in minutes.
4. The specific order of amino acids that determines a protein's shape and function.
A small change in the aminoacidsequences can alter how the protein folds.