alanine

English

Etymology

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

alanine (countable and uncountable, plural alanines)

1. (biochemistry, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins

   Potatoes can be a good source of alanine.

2. (countable) A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid

   Two alanines are replaced by prolines.

Synonyms

• A
• Ala

 

Derived terms

• alaninamide
• alaninol
• alanyl
• cyclohexylalanine
• dehydroalanine
• dihydroxyphenylalanine
• enalapril
• homoalanine
• hyperalaninemia
• oligoalanine
• pentaalanine
• phenylalanine
• phosphoalanine
• polyalanine

 

Translations

nonessential amino acid; C₃H₇NO₂

• Catalan: alanina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丙氨酸 (zh) (bǐng'ānsuān), ^{(please verify)} 氨基丙酸 (ānjībǐngsuān)

• Czech: alanin m
• Danish: alanin
• Esperanto: alanino
• Finnish: alaniini
• French: alanine (fr) f
• Galician: alanina
• German: Alanin (de) n
• Greek: αλανίνη (el) f (alaníni)
• Hungarian: alanin (hu)
• Ido: alanino
• Irish: alainín m
• Italian: alanina (it) f
• Japanese: アラニン (aranin)
• Kazakh: аланин (alanin)
• Korean: 알라닌 (allanin)
• Kyrgyz: аланин (alanin)
• Maori: aranina
• Persian: آلانین (âlânin)
• Polish: alanina (pl) f
• Portuguese: alanina f
• Romanian: alanină (ro) f
• Russian: алани́н (ru) m (alanín)
• Spanish: alanina (es) f
• Swedish: alanin (sv)
• Vietnamese: alanin

Anagrams

• Elianna

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

alanine f (plural alanines)

1. (biochemistry) alanine

Italian

Noun

alanine f

1. plural of alanina