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单词 alanine
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Definition of alanine in English:

alanine

noun ˈaləniːnˈaləˌnēn
mass nounBiochemistry
  • An amino acid which is a constituent of most proteins.

    Chemical formula: CH₃CH(NH₂)COOH

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All of these silks are composed of protein chains in which the amino acids glycine, alanine, and serine dominate.
    • Also, a combination of the amino acids glycine, alanine and glutamic acid can relieve symptoms of prostatitis.
    • The neutral amino acids alanine, threonine and valine accumulated in the vesicles by factors of 30-50.
    • They look like alanine molecules, or amino acids, or like chloroform.
    • Other examples of amino acids are alanine, leucine, cysteine, arginine, and tryptophan.

Origin

Mid 19th century: coined in German as Alanin, from aldehyde + -an (for ease of pronunciation) + -ine4.

 
 

Definition of alanine in US English:

alanine

nounˈaləˌnēn
Biochemistry
  • An amino acid which is a constituent of most proteins.

    Alternative name: 2-aminopropanoic acid; chemical formula: CH₃CH(NH₂)COOH. β-alanine, an isomer of this, is 3-aminopropanoic acid, (NH₂)CH₂CH₂COOH

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The neutral amino acids alanine, threonine and valine accumulated in the vesicles by factors of 30-50.
    • Other examples of amino acids are alanine, leucine, cysteine, arginine, and tryptophan.
    • They look like alanine molecules, or amino acids, or like chloroform.
    • Also, a combination of the amino acids glycine, alanine and glutamic acid can relieve symptoms of prostatitis.
    • All of these silks are composed of protein chains in which the amino acids glycine, alanine, and serine dominate.

Origin

Mid 19th century: coined in German as Alanin, from aldehyde + -an (for ease of pronunciation) + -ine.

 
 
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