glycine amidinotransferase

[ ăm′ĭ-dē′nō-trăns′fə-rās′, -rāz′, ăm′ĭ-dĭn′ō- ]

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An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an amidine group from arginine to glycine during creatine synthesis.

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Zein, the principal protein of corn contains no glycine, lysine, or tryptophane.
The Chemistry of Plant Life|Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
The plant generally known as Soja hispida is by modern botanists referred to Glycine soja.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882|Various
The chief cultivation appears to be Coix, Glycine, and some rice, but the produce seemed very small.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The|William Griffith
The only cultivation is potatoes, a few years since introduced, and which answers admirably, some turnips and Glycine tuberosa.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The|William Griffith

Glycine chinénsis, is given to Wistèria, and is the finest climbing shrub of the phaseolious tribe.
The American Flower Garden Directory|Thomas Hibbert