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Serine

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Noun
  1. 1
    A nonessential amino acid, CH₂OH.CH(NH₂)COOH, found in most animal proteins, notably silk. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine wordnet

Etymology

From Latin sericus (“silken”). The compound was first obtained from silk protein, a particularly rich source, in 1865. See also serge.

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