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glycine
[ glahy-seen, glahy-seen ]
noun
, Biochemistry.
- a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, H 2 NCH 2 COOH, the simplest amino acid: used chiefly in organic synthesis and biochemical research. : Gly; : G
glycine
/ ɡlaɪˈsiːn; ˈɡlaɪsiːn /
noun
- a nonessential amino acid occurring in most proteins that acts as a neurotransmitter; aminoacetic acid
glycine
/ glī′sēn′,-sĭn /
- A nonessential amino acid. Glycine is the simplest amino acid. Chemical formula: C 2 H 5 NO 2 .
- See more at amino acid
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glycine1
C19: glyco- + -ine ²
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Example Sentences
Zein, the principal protein of corn contains no glycine, lysine, or tryptophane.
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The plant generally known as Soja hispida is by modern botanists referred to Glycine soja.
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The chief cultivation appears to be Coix, Glycine, and some rice, but the produce seemed very small.
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The only cultivation is potatoes, a few years since introduced, and which answers admirably, some turnips and Glycine tuberosa.
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Glycine chinénsis, is given to Wistèria, and is the finest climbing shrub of the phaseolious tribe.
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