proline
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of proline
First recorded in 1900–05; alteration of pyrrolidine
Example Sentences
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A new method of drug delivery using proline, an amino acid found in chicken feathers and skin tissue, could be used to limit the side effects of chemotherapy and repair important enzymes, new research suggests.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
I have been taking niacin for years along with vitamin C and the amino acids lysine and proline.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
They devised tRNAs that actively ruin viral proteins by delivering the wrong amino acids—including proline and alanine—in response to outsiders’ serine codons.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 19, 2022
For example, CCU, CCC, CCA, and CCG are all codons for proline.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Nothing is known, however, of the process by which the more complicated closed-ring amino-acid compounds, such as proline, histidine, or tryptophane, are synthetized.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
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