The Amino Acid Composition of Proteins
- 2 November 1945
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 102 (2653) , 454-456
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.102.2653.454
Abstract
A protest against the arbitrary practice of basing all calculation of the amino acid content of proteins, for purposes of comparison, on an assumed 16% of N in the protein. In the case of gelatin, silk fibroin and vegetable proteins, whose contents of N differ appreciably from 16%, this practice introduces needless error without any compensating advantage and is to be condemned.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Amino Acid Composition of Food ProteinsAdvances in Protein Chemistry, 1945
- Ueber den gegenwärtigen Stand der EiweisschemieEuropean Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 1901