histidinen.
/ˈhɪstədiːn/, U.S. /ˈhɪstəˌdin/ Biochemistry.
An amino acid with a basic, cyclic side chain, which is found in many proteins, often as part of an active site, and is an essential component of the diet of many mammals.Systematic name: α-amino-β-imidazole-4-propionic acid; C6H9N3O2.
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1896 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 70 i. 582 The sulphate from..sturgeon sperm has rather different solubilities in sodium chloride solutions, and the names salmine and sturine are suggested by the two protamines. By decomposing the latter base with sulphuric acid, a new crystalline base was prepared, which is called histidine.
1919 Nature 20 Nov. 322/2 The diamino-acids lysin, histidin, and arginin.
1963 J. H. Burn Drugs, Med. & Man (ed. 2) vii. 73 Protein is a structure rather like a house which is built from bricks, each of which is chemically an amino-acid. One of these bricks is an amino-acid called histidine.
1983 Times 23 Sept. 11/4 The muscle of dark-meated, scrombroid [sic] fish, is rich in histidine.
2006 Nature 30 Nov. 522/2 The plaque matrix protein mcfp–4..contains a motif rich in the amino acid histidine that is repeated about 36 times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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