alanine

English

Etymology

From aldehyde +‎ -anine

Noun

alanine (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

• Ala

Derived terms

• cyclohexylalanine
• dehydroalanine
• homoalanine
• hyperalaninemia
• pentaalanine
• phenylalanine
• phosphoalanine
• polyalanine

 

Translations

nonessential amino acid; C₃H₇NO₂

• Catalan: alanina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丙氨酸 (zh) (bǐngānsuān), ^{(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
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• Irish: alainín m
• Italian: alanina (it) f
• Japanese: アラニン (aranin)
• Korean: 알라닌 (allanin)
• Maori: aranina
• Persian: آلانین (âlânin)
• Polish: alanina (pl) f
• Portuguese: alanina f
• Romanian: alanină (ro) f
• Russian: алани́н (ru) m (alanín)
• Spanish: alanina f
• Swedish: alanin (sv)

Anagrams

• Elianna

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French

Noun

alanine f (plural alanines)

1. (biochemistry) alanine

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Italian

Noun

alanine f

1. plural of alanina