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PROTIDE [1 record]

Record 1 2003-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

A nutriment indispensable to the human body for building up and repairing tissues, as well as synthetizing many substances such as antibodies, hormones and enzymes.

CONT

Proteins are broken down by proteolytic enzymes and are denatured (scission of electrostatic bonds) by heat hydrolytic reactions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)
  • Biochimie
DEF

Nutriment indispensable à l'organisme notamment pour la construction et la réparation des tissus ainsi que pour la synthèse de nombreuses substances telles que les anticorps, les hormones et les enzymes.

CONT

Les protéines ou protides sont des corps chimiques complexes dont la molécule résulte, entre autres, de la juxtaposition d'un grand nombre d'acides riches en azote, les acides aminés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos nutritivos (Ciencias biológicas)
  • Bioquímica
DEF

Compuesto orgánico constituido fundamentalmente por aminoácidos.

OBS

Es el constituyente fundamental de los tejidos y fluidos orgánicos.

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