glutamic acid

English

structural formula of glutamic acid

Etymology

Calque of German Glutaminsäure.

Noun

glutamic acid (uncountable)

2. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, α-amino-glutaric acid, occurring widely in animal and plant tissues; the salt, monosodium glutamate is used as a flavour-enhancing seasoning.

   Alternative forms: (symbols) Glu, E

   Coordinate term: glutamate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

   Near-synonym: E620 (when used as a flavour enhancer)

Derived terms

• carboxyglutamic acid
• pyroglutamic acid

Related terms

• monosodium glutamate

Translations

the nonessential amino acid (α-amino-glutaric acid)

• Bulgarian: глутаминова киселина f (glutaminova kiselina)
• Catalan: àcid glutàmic m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 穀氨酸 / 谷氨酸 (guk¹ on¹ syun¹)

  Mandarin: 穀氨酸 / 谷氨酸 (zh) (gǔ'ānsuān) (chiefly Mainland China), 麩胺酸 / 麸胺酸 (fū'ānsuān) (Taiwan)

• Czech: kyselina glutamová f
• Danish: glutaminsyre
• Finnish: glutamiinihappo
• French: acide glutamique (fr) m
• Galician: ácido glutámico m
• German: Glutaminsäure (de) f
• Greek: γλουταμικό οξύ (el) n (gloutamikó oxý)
• Hungarian: glutaminsav (hu)
• Japanese: グルタミン酸 (gurutamin-san)
• Kazakh: глутамин қышқылы (glutamin qyşqyly)
• Mongolian: глутаминий хүчил (mn) n (glutaminii xüčil)
• Polish: kwas glutaminowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: ácido glutâmico m
• Romanian: acid glutamic m
• Russian: глутами́новая кислота́ (ru) f (glutamínovaja kislotá)
• Slovak: kyselina glutámová f
• Spanish: ácido glutámico m
• Swedish: glutaminsyra (sv)

See also

• umami