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alanine
[ al-uh-neen, -nin ]
/ ˈæl əˌnin, -nɪn /
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noun Biochemistry.
any of several isomers of a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble amino acid, CH3CH(NH2)COOH, found in many proteins and produced synthetically: used chiefly in biochemical research. Abbreviation: Ala; Symbol: A
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Origin of alanine
Words nearby alanine
à l'ancienne, Åland Islands, à l'anglaise, Alani, Alania, alanine, alanine aminotransferase, alannah, Al-Anon, alant starch, alanyl
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How to use alanine in a sentence
The team saw that when a virus with an alanine gets into lab-grown human lung cells, it makes more copies of itself than do versions that instead have threonine.
One key change may have helped the coronavirus become a global menace|Erin Garcia de Jesús|August 10, 2021|Science News For StudentsOnce a virus with an alanine gets into laboratory-grown human lung cells, it replicates more than versions with threonine, the team found.
One mutation may have set the coronavirus up to become a global menace|Erin Garcia de Jesús|July 12, 2021|Science News
British Dictionary definitions for alanine
alanine
/ (ˈæləˌniːn, -ˌnaɪn) /
noun
a nonessential aliphatic amino acid that occurs in many proteins
Word Origin for alanine
C19: from German Alanin, from al (dehyde) + -an- (euphonic infix) + -in -ine ²
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Medical definitions for alanine
alanine
[ ăl′ə-nēn′ ]
n.
A crystalline amino acid that is a constituent of many proteins.
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Scientific definitions for alanine
alanine
[ ăl′ə-nēn′ ]
A nonessential amino acid. Chemical formula: C3H7NO2. See more at amino acid.
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