aminohapposekvenssiin

Aminohapposekvenssiin refers to the specific order in which amino acids are linked together to form a polypeptide chain. This sequence is crucial as it determines the three-dimensional structure of a protein, which in turn dictates its biological function. The genetic information encoded in DNA is transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA), and then translated into a specific amino acid sequence by ribosomes. Each amino acid is specified by a sequence of three nucleotides, known as a codon, on the mRNA molecule. A change in even a single amino acid in the sequence can drastically alter the protein's shape and function, potentially leading to disease. Understanding the amino acid sequence is therefore fundamental to molecular biology and medicine. The study of amino acid sequences is often referred to as protein sequencing.