sidechain
Speech parts
1. sidechain - Noun
2. sidechain - Verb
Meaning
sidechain (plural sidechains)
Alternative form of side chain
sidechain (third-person singular simple present sidechains, present participle sidechaining, simple past and past participle sidechained)
Alternative form of side chain
Examples
A phosphate group can be attached to the sidechain hydroxyl group of serine, threonine and tyrosine residues, adding a negative charge at that site and producing an unnatural amino acid.
It is also possible for a single atom to appear multiple times in an electron density map, e.g., if a protein sidechain has multiple (
Sugar moieties can be attached to the sidechain hydroxyl groups of Ser/Thr or to the sidechain amide groups of Asn.
O atoms are red balls, N atoms are blue, and H atoms are omitted for simplicity; sidechains are shown only out to the first sidechain C atom (green).
These amino acids contain an aromatic ring in their sidechain that fits into a ' hydrophobic pocket' (the S 1 position) of the enzyme.