Lysine and arginine are amino acids – the building blocks of protein that we eat and the protein found in our body. Interestingly, they play a role in HSV-1 and the activation of cold sore symptoms.

UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Center for Integrative Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North ...

Different proteins have different numbers of acidic (aspartate and glutamate) and basic (arginine, histidine and lysine) amino acid side chains exposed on the surface, and therefore at a given pH they ...

These are provided by the basic amino acids (arginine, histidine, arginine and lysine), the acidic amino acids (aspartate and glutamate) and the neutral hydrophilic amino acids (asparagine, glutamine, ...

Just like the mechanical components in cars or computers, the molecules inside a cell can sometimes malfunction. When this happens during DNA replication, the result is an unpredictable change in ...

Lysine's precise role in the prevention and treatment of herpes labialis outbreaks is unknown. Of seven randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies reviewed, six showed lysine to be ...