serine

See also: seriné and sérine

English

Structure diagram of ʟ-serine

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Chinese 絲 (*sə)der.?

Ancient Greek σήρ (sḗr)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek σηρῐκός (sērĭkós)bor.

Latin sēricusder.

English serine

From Latin sericus (“silken”). The compound was first obtained from silk protein, a particularly rich source, in 1865. See also serge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪə(ɹ)iːn/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

serine (countable and uncountable, plural serines)

2. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, CH₂OH.CH(NH₂)COOH, found in most animal proteins, notably silk.

   Alternative forms: S, Ser (symbols)

Derived terms

• benserazide
• buserelin
• cycloserine
• phosphatidylserine
• phosphoserine
• polyserine
• serinolysis
• seryl

Translations

nonessential amino acid; CH₂OH.CH(NH₂)COOH

• Bulgarian: серин m (serin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絲胺酸 / 丝胺酸 (sī'ānsuān) (Taiwan), 絲氨酸 / 丝氨酸 (zh) (sī'ānsuān, literally “silk amino acid”) (chiefly Mainland China)

• Czech: serin m
• Esperanto: serino
• Finnish: seriini
• French: sérine (fr) f
• German: Serin (de) n
• Greek: σερίνη (el) f (seríni)
• Italian: serina (it)
• Japanese: セリン (serin)
• Kazakh: серин (serin)
• Māori: herina
• Polish: seryna f
• Romanian: serină f
• Russian: сери́н (ru) m (serín)
• Slovak: serín m
• Spanish: serina (es) f
• Swedish: serin (sv)

Anagrams

• Eisner, Riesen, irenes, seiner, serein, sirene

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ʁin/

• Audio (France (Agen)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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• Homophones: serinent, serines

Verb

serine

1. inflection of seriner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

serine f

1. plural of serina

Anagrams

• resine, sereni, sirene