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The 92 pages that link to Amino acid, each with the reason it gives.

• Glutamic acidNarrower topic: Glutamic acid is one of the amino acids incorporated into proteins.

• PepsinNarrower topic: Amino acids form the chains whose bonds pepsin cleaves.

• SerineNarrower topic: Serine is one of the standard amino acids used to build proteins.

• Branched-chain amino acidNarrower topic: The branched-chain members are a structurally defined subset of amino acids.

• Dietary proteinBroader topic: Digestion releases these units from dietary proteins.

• MethionineNarrower topic: Methionine is one of the amino acids incorporated into proteins.

• Parenteral nutritionRelated: Amino acid solutions provide protein building blocks in intravenous nutrition.

• Peptide synthesisNarrower topic: Amino acids supply the residues joined during peptide formation.

• Amino groupBroader topic: Its amino group participates in peptide formation and often carries positive charge near physiological pH.

• Aquaculture feedRelated: Feed proteins must provide essential amino acids that cultured animals cannot synthesize adequately.

• ElastinNarrower topic: Elastin's unusual composition and cross-links arise from its constituent amino acids.

• HomocysteineNarrower topic: Homocysteine belongs to this broad chemical family but is not incorporated into proteins.

• LeucineNarrower topic: Leucine is one member of this broader molecular family.

• ArginineNarrower topic: Arginine belongs to this molecular class and is incorporated into proteins.

• BiosynthesisBroader topic: Cells link amino acids to synthesize proteins.

• Egg proteinsNarrower topic: Egg proteins are chains of amino acids whose side groups shape their interactions.

• HistidineNarrower topic: Histidine is one of the standard amino acids incorporated into proteins.

• MelamineNarrower topic: Protein nitrogen comes from amino acids; melamine's nitrogen is not incorporated into amino-acid chains.

• ProlineNarrower topic: Proline belongs to this family but bonds its side chain to its amino nitrogen.

• ZwitterionBroader topic: Its amino and carboxyl groups can carry opposite charges simultaneously.

• AlanineNarrower topic: Alanine is one of the amino acids, distinguished by its methyl side chain.

• AsparagineNarrower topic: Asparagine is one of the amino acids incorporated into proteins.

• Aspartic acidNarrower topic: Aspartic acid is one member of this protein-building molecular family.

• CystineNarrower topic: Cystine is derived from two amino-acid molecules rather than being a protein residue itself.

• GlutamineNarrower topic: Glutamine is one member of this broad chemical and biological family.

• OrnithineNarrower topic: Ornithine belongs to this chemical family but is not incorporated into proteins.

• PyrrolysineNarrower topic: Pyrrolysine is incorporated into proteins as an amino acid.

• ThreonineNarrower topic: Threonine is one of the amino acids incorporated into proteins.

• ValineNarrower topic: Valine is one of the amino acids joined into proteins.

• Carbon-based lifeBroader topic: Amino acids connect carbon chemistry to the sequence and structure of proteins.

• HomochiralityRelated: Nearly all amino acids in ribosomally made proteins have the L configuration.

• IsoleucineNarrower topic: Isoleucine is one of the standard amino acids used to build proteins.

• Protein designBroader topic: Their side-chain chemistry gives designed sequences distinct interaction possibilities.

• Angiotensin INarrower topic: Its sequence of ten amino acids determines angiotensin I’s structure.

• Primordial soupBroader topic: Amino acids were among the organic products formed in the Miller–Urey experiment.

• Strecker degradationNarrower topic: The amino-acid side chain determines the identity of the resulting Strecker aldehyde.

• Richard Laurence Millington SyngeNarrower topic: Amino acids were the compounds Synge and Martin separated to demonstrate their method.

• Strecker aldehydeNarrower topic: The amino acid’s side chain determines the identity of its Strecker aldehyde.

• CiclosporinNarrower topic: Ciclosporin is built from eleven amino-acid residues.

• Enzymes and CoenzymesBroader topic: Their side chains supply the chemical properties used in enzyme active sites.

• G. N. RamachandranBroader topic: Each residue contributes the backbone atoms whose steric interactions constrain its conformation.

• Sequence (biology)Broader topic: Amino acids are the units whose order forms protein sequences.