Gliadin

//ˈɡlaɪədɪn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people. countable, uncountable

    "Most of the gluten proteins, the gliadins and the glutenins, are around a thousand amino acids long. The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins."

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glutinglutin

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"Most of the gluten proteins, the gliadins and the glutenins, are around a thousand amino acids long. The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins."

Etymology

From Italian gloiodina, coined by G. Taddei in 1819 along with zymome. Compare glio- and gloeo-.

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