OMRI 15 Nitrogen 60 Amino Acid Compo Water Soluble Fertilizer

 

 

 

 

Amino Acids
Chemical bodies that possess an “amino” group and an “acid” group. As they have an alkaline group and an acid group, they can behave as an acid or an alkali, depending on the pH of the solution in which they are contained. They are soluble in water, colorless and crystallisable.

About 100 different amino acids are known, but only 20 are natural protein components. The rest are known as non-proteic amino acids as they are not found in proteins. All living species are capable of synthesizing their own proteins from amino acids. The higher plants also synthesize all the amino acids they need while animals need their diet to obtain the amino acids that are necessary for life. Joining the acid group of one amino acid and the amino group of another, amino acids are bound by means of the peptide bridge, forming the socalled peptides. As has been explained above, when several peptides join to form a short chain, they are called oligopeptides (dipeptides, tripeptides, etc.), and these join to form polypeptides, which in turn make up the protein molecules. Following a reverse process, proteins can be broken down into peptides and these in turn into amino acids by means of a process called hydrolysis.
Plants are able to synthesize amino acids from nitric or ammonic nitrogen, which they find in the soil. This synthesis entails a considerable energy expenditure. ALL amino acids synthesized by living beings are in the “L” (levorotatory) form and they can only be useful in that form in plants and other living beings. The so-called “D” (dextrorotatory) forms are not usable for plant nutrition.