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This Is Not The Amino Acid You're Looking For
Chemistry Science Biology
1 month ago 25.6K views 0 shares
This Is Not The Amino Acid You're Looking For
When extraterrestrials attempt biochemistry puns. The molecule is lysine (an essential amino acid), but the alien insists on calling it "Kamino Acid" - a wordplay merging "amino acid" with Kamino, the cloning planet from Star Wars. Just your standard intergalactic miscommunication. Somewhere a biochemistry professor is having an aneurysm.

Biochemists And Their Single-Letter Obsession
Biology Chemistry Science
2 months ago 8.8K views 0 shares
Biochemists And Their Single-Letter Obsession
In the cutthroat world of amino acid notation, efficiency reigns supreme. Why waste precious milliseconds writing "Methionine" when "M" gets the job done? Meanwhile, "Lysine" enthusiasts are clearly overcompensating for something. Single-letter codes save approximately 0.4 calories of finger movement energy per use—multiply that by a genome annotation project and you've saved enough ATP to power a bacterial flagellum for nearly 3 microseconds. Revolutionary.

When Molecular Models Get Awkward
Chemistry Biology
3 months ago 8.5K views 0 shares
When Molecular Models Get Awkward
The textbook shows the molecular structure of lysine, but let's be honest—that 3D model up top is giving serious "anatomical appendage" vibes. Some biochemistry professor definitely knew what they were doing when they positioned those atoms just so. Somewhere, a structural biochemist is giggling while generations of students pretend not to notice that their essential amino acid looks suspiciously phallic. And they say science isn't creative!