amino acid

organic compound containing both amino and acidic functional groups, important in biology
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q8066
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amino acid

Summary

amino acid is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. It ranks in the top 0.29% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,589 views/month, #3 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • amino acid's image is recorded as Molecular structures of the 21 proteinogenic amino acids.svg[3].
  • amino acid's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[4].
  • amino acid's GND ID is recorded as 4142205-3[5].
  • amino acid's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 65072-01-7[6].
  • amino acid's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85004486[7].
  • amino acid's ATC code is recorded as B05BA01[8].
  • amino acid's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11944322s[9].
  • amino acid's subclass of is recorded as amine[10].
  • amino acid's subclass of is recorded as organic acid[11].
  • amino acid's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00560236[12].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as response to amino acid[13].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as cellular response to amino acid stimulus[14].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as vacuolar amino acid transmembrane transport[15].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid transmembrane transport[16].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid:proton symporter activity[17].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid:sodium symporter activity[18].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid:cation symporter activity[19].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid transport[20].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid transmembrane transporter activity[21].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as ABC-type amino acid transporter activity[22].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid:potassium symporter activity[23].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid export across plasma membrane[24].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid transmembrane export from vacuole[25].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as amino acid transmembrane import into vacuole[26].
  • amino acid's part of is recorded as neutral amino acid transmembrane export from vacuole[27].

Why It Matters

amino acid ranks in the top 0.29% of structural_class_of_chemical_entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,589 views/month, #3 of 1,029).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . SciFinder. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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