Tyrosine is similar in structure to phenylalanine, with the important distinction that the latter contains a hydroxyl group in its side chain.
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Hydroxyl
Synonyms for "hydroxyl" (2 found)
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10 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- հիդրօքսիլ noun (-OH)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хидроксил noun (-OH)
Catalan
1 entries- hidroxil noun (-OH)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 氫氧基 /氢氧基 noun (-OH)
- 羥基 /羟基 noun (-OH)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 氫氧基 /氢氧基 noun (-OH)
- 羥基 /羟基 noun (-OH)
Finnish
1 entries- hydroksyyli noun (-OH)
French
1 entries- hydroxyle noun (-OH)
German
1 entries- Hydroxyl noun (-OH)
Greek
1 entries- υδροξύλιο noun (-OH)
Hindi
1 entries- उदजारल noun (-OH)
Italian
2 entries- idrossile noun (-OH)
- ossidrile noun (-OH)
Japanese
2 entries- ヒドロキシル基 noun (-OH)
- 水酸基 noun (-OH)
Korean
3 entries- 수산기 noun (-OH)
- 히드록시기 noun (-OH)
- 히드록실기 noun (-OH)
Lithuanian
1 entries- hidroksilas noun (-OH)
Malay
1 entries- hidroksil noun (-OH)
Persian
1 entries- هیدروکسیل noun (-OH)
Polish
1 entries- hydroksyl noun (-OH)
Portuguese
1 entries- hidroxila noun (-OH)
Russian
1 entries- гидрокси́л noun (-OH)
Spanish
2 entries- hidroxilo noun (-OH)
- oxhidrilo noun (-OH)
Swedish
2 entries- hydroxyl noun (-OH)
- hydroxylgrupp noun (-OH)
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