glycine

[ glahy-seen, glahy-seen ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. 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

/ ˈɡlaɪsiːn; ɡlaɪˈsiːn /

noun

1. a nonessential amino acid occurring in most proteins that acts as a neurotransmitter; aminoacetic acid

glycine

/ glī′sēn′,-sĭn /

1. A nonessential amino acid. Glycine is the simplest amino acid. Chemical formula: C 2 H 5 NO 2 .
2. See more at amino acid

Word History and Origins

Origin of glycine¹

First recorded in 1850–55; glyc- + -ine ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of glycine¹

C19: glyco- + -ine ²

Example Sentences

They found that all these bacteria had the gene for an enzyme that could remove glycine.

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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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