Excitatory amino acid transporters (glutamate antiporters) in the nervous system occur in vesicles at the terminus of a neuronal axon where glutamate from the cytoplasm is concentrated in exchange for protons. From: Human Biochemistry, 2018
amino acid (redirected fromArtificial amino acid) Dictionary Thesaurus Medical amino acid(əmēˈnō), any one of a class of simple organic compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and in certain cases sulfur. These compounds are the building blocks of proteins. They are charact...
Tryptophan, an amino acid that is nutritionally important and occurs in small amounts in proteins. It is an essential amino acid, meaning that humans and certain other animals cannot synthesize it and must obtain it from their diets. Infants require grea