{"id":112024,"date":"2026-07-08T12:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=112024"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:11:27","slug":"leucine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/leucine\/","title":{"rendered":"Leucine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Leucine Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers said that branched chain amino acids leucine acts like a protective shield and inhibits the premature degradation of outer mitochondrial membrane proteins.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Leucine<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leucine is an <\/span><b>essential amino acid.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the family <\/span><b>of branched chain amino acids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (BCAA) such as <\/span><b>isoleucine and valine.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are needed for the growth and functioning of <\/span><b>organs such as muscles, nervous system, the heart, and the brain.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BCAAs are not made in the body <\/span><b>and need to be supplied from our diet<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Without them, the outer membrane of the mitochondrion cannot be properly constructed or maintained.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Functions<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is involved in <\/span><b>muscle growth, tissue repair, and energy production<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It acts like a <\/span><b>protective shield<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and inhibits the premature degradation of outer mitochondrial membrane proteins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is done by <\/span><b>leucine interacting with a protein called SEL1L,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which has a role in recognising and pulling out damaged or misfolded proteins.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Amino Acids?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amino acids are molecules that <\/span><b>combine to form proteins.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amino acids and proteins are the <\/span><b>building blocks of life.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>20 different amino acids.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A protein consists of <\/span><b>one or more chains of amino acids<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (called polypeptides) whose sequence is encoded in a gene.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some amino acids can be synthesized in the body, but others (essential amino acids) cannot and must be obtained from a person\u2019s diet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>nine essential amino acids are<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/how-the-amino-acid-leucine-helps-our-cells-produce-energy\/article71188124.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leucine is an essential amino acid. 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