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Alanine

//ˈæləniːn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins uncountable

    "Potatoes can be a good source of alanine."

  2. 2
    a crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins wordnet
  3. 3
    A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid countable

    "Two alanines are replaced by prolines."

Etymology

From aldehyde + -anine, in reference to aldehyde, with the infix -an- for ease of pronunciation, when the German chemist Adolph Strecker first synthesized alanine in 1850 by mixing acetaldehyde (then just known as aldehyde) with ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, and hydrochloric acid.

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