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SUBMITTER: Olson MT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8489981 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of proteome research 20200608 8
Taurine is the most abundant free amino acid in the human body. It is found in relatively high concentrations (1-10 mM) in many animal tissues but not in plants. It has been studied since the early 1800s but has not been found to be covalently incorporated into proteins in any animal tissue. Taurine has been found in only one macromolecular complex as a post-transcriptional modification to mitochondrial tRNA. Tubulin is the subunit of microtubules found in all eukaryotic species and almost all e ...[more]