alanine

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins uncountable
    — Potatoes can be a good source of alanine.
  2. A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid countable
    — Two alanines are replaced by prolines.

词形变化

alanines plural

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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