leucine

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Ancient Greek λευκός (leukos, “white”) +‎ -ine

Noun

leucine (countable and uncountable; plural leucines)

1. (biochemistry) An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₃NO₂, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.

Synonyms

• Leu

Derived terms

• acetylleucine
• leucine zipper

Translations

essential amino acid; C₆H₁₃NO₂

• Danish: leucin (da)
• Esperanto: leŭcino (eo)
• French: leucine (fr) f
• German: Leucin (de) n
• Greek: λευκίνη (el) (lefkíni) f

• Ido: leucino (io)
• Japanese: ロイシン (ja) (roishin)
• Polish: leucyna (pl) f
• Romanian: leucină (ro) f
• Spanish: leucina (es) f

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Italian

Noun

leucine f

1. Plural form of leucina

Anagrams

• enuclei