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unusual facts about leucine


UUG

UUG, according to the genetic code, is Leucine.


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leucine | Leucine |

Calcium beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate

The latter is a leucine metabolite produced in the body through oxidation of the ketoacid of leucine (ketoisocaproate, KIC).

Cranio–lenticulo–sutural dysplasia

It is associated with a mutation of a phenylalanine to leucine in SEC23A.

Discovery and development of triptans

The binding of Phe and the triptan is caused by π stacking interactions of the indole and amino acid and an additional effect on this interaction is because of dispersive effect of amino acid leucine (Leu)(not shown in figure 2).


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