In essence, proteins are chains of amino acids.

Plastic debris accounted for 77 , of which 93 was plastic bags.

He also discovered the amino acid tryptophan, in 1901.

For example, proteins can be broken into amino acids.

Empty plastic water bottle

Recycling of plastic in many developing countries means the incineration of the plastic, the burning of the plastic, which releases incredible toxic chemicals and, once again, kills people.

And both in the production of plastic, the use of plastic and the disposal of plastic, the people who have the bull's eye on their foreheads are poor people.

It's a bad thing that plastic breaks down into smaller little bits, because it's always still plastic.

The introduction of a deposit scheme for plastic bottles in Germany boosted the plastic recycling rate significantly.

Sami is a plastic surgeon.

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Plastic does not burn easily.

Plastic does not break easily.

An amino acid consists of a carbon atom bound to four groups.

Ornithine is an amino acid that plays a role in the urea cycle.

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Sami was a prominent plastic surgeon.

We could use amino acids, we could use nucleic acids, carboxylic acids, fatty acids.

It is unique among the proteinogenic amino acids in that it is not chiral.

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Sami placed plastic explosive near the window.

Sami stuck plastic explosive on the window.

Sami has never been into plastic surgery.

Sami was a prominent Cairo plastic surgeon.

Plastic explosives Other explosives and their precursors.

And these are just a few examples of companies that are buying our plastic, replacing virgin plastic, to make their new products.

For example, all living cells use the same basic set of nucleotides and amino acids.

These organisms appear to be limited to certain amino acids as carbon and energy source.

Capt. Charles Moore on the seas of plastic

It is not an essential amino acid, which means that the human body can synthesize it.

It is involved in the transfer of amino acids across the cellular membrane and leukotriene metabolism.

The amino group and the carboxylic acid group can be on the same monomer, or the polymer can be constituted of two different bifunctional monomers, one with two amino groups, the other with two carboxylic acid or acid chloride groups.

Prepackaged meals may come with a disposable plastic spork.

I began to be fascinated by plastic, so I spent four months making eight plastic blocks perfectly optically transparent, as a kind of release of stress.

We've been talking a lot about the horrific impacts of plastic on the planet and on other species, but plastic hurts people too, especially poor people.

It has the chemical sequences of amino acids, which says, This is how to build the structure.

While they're not amino acids, we're now finding things like propane and benzene, hydrogen cyanide, and formaldehyde.

When this amino acid sequence gets pronounced as atoms, these little letters are sticky for each other.

Proportions vary, however, and some foods are deficient in one or more of the essential amino acids.

A holder in front of the lens can hold a colored plastic film ( gel ) to tint the light or wire screens or frosted plastic to diffuse it.

A street children plays in the plastic dumps in Bangladesh.

I knew it was plastic but it tasted like wood.