alanine

n. 丙氨酸 [医] 丙氨酸

发音

US /ˈæləniːn/

词形变化

alanines 复数 alanines

别名

alanin

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins

    丙氨酸

    不可数 化学 生物 可数

    Potatoes can be a good source of alanine.

  2. 2.

    A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid

    可数 不可数

    Two alanines are replaced by prolines.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

amino acid

词源

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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