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alanine
[ al-uh-neen, -nin ]
noun
Biochemistry.
- any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH 3 CH(NH 2 )COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. : Ala; : A
alanine
/ ˈæləˌniːn; -ˌnaɪn /
noun
- a nonessential aliphatic amino acid that occurs in many proteins
alanine
/ ă′ə-ŧ′ /
- A nonessential amino acid. Chemical formula: C 3 H 7 NO 2 .
- See more at amino acid
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of alanine1
1860–65; al(dehyde) + -an- (arbitrarily inserted) + -ine 2
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of alanine1
C19: from German Alanin, from al ( dehyde ) + -an- (euphonic infix) + -in -ine ²
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Example Sentences
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They devised tRNAs that actively ruin viral proteins by delivering the wrong amino acids—including proline and alanine—in response to outsiders’ serine codons.
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At the top of the list: a slightly elevated level of the liver enzyme alanine aminotransferase, or ALT.
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Nature has a palette of 20, with names like serine, leucine and alanine.
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The green rust reacted with the traces of oxygen that were left, which produced the amino acid alanine and the alpha hydroxy acid lactate.
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And none of them puts alanine in that category.
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