alanine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aldehyde + -anine in reference to aldehyde, with the infix -an- for ease of pronunciation, when the German chemist Adolph Strecker first synthesized alanine in 1850 by mixing acetaldehyde (then just known as aldehyde) with ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, and hydrochloric acid.
Noun[edit]
alanine (countable and uncountable, plural alanines)
- (biochemistry, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins
- Potatoes can be a good source of alanine.
- (countable) A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid
- Two alanines are replaced by prolines.
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Translations[edit]
nonessential amino acid; C3H7NO2
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Noun[edit]
alanine f (plural alanines)
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
alanine f
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