amino acid residual

[Justin Cobb]

If you are referring to amino acid residues in polypeptides, these are the
amino acid constituents of the polypeptide chain.


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Justin Cobb
Junior, Biology-General
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
School of Life Sciences

"gavin" <gavin at zonvark.wustl.edu> wrote in message
news:39CB90B7.692EF84F at zonvark.wustl.edu...
> I know this is gonna be a real dumb question.  Would someone please
explain
> to me what do people mean by "residual" when they talk about residuals of
polypeptide
> or amino acids?
>
> Thank you much!
>
> Gavin
>