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Crystalline amino acid
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serine
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of amino acid, 1880, from German serin (1865), from Latin sericum "silk" (see serge ), with chemical suffix -ine (2).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context amino acid English) A nonessential amino acid, CH 2 OH.CH(NH 2 )COOH, found in most animal proteins, especially silk.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Serine \Ser"ine\ (s[e^]r"[=e]n; s[e^]r"[i^]n; also, less correctly, s[=e]r"[=e]n), n. [L. sericus silken.] (Chem.) one of the natural L-amino acids, obtainable as a white crystalline nitrogenous substance by the action of dilute sulphuric acid on silk gelatin. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Serine (abbreviated as Ser or S ) encoded by the codons UCU, UCC, UCA, UCG, AGU and AGC is an ɑ-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α- amino group (which is in the protonated − form under biological conditions), a carboxyl ...
Usage examples of serine.
Although the two boys had vanished, surely the other children from Rae na Serine might be able to identify or describe the religieux who had brought them to Sister Eisten for safekeeping.
Since most of the abbreviations consist of the first three letters of the name, they are not difficult to memorize: glycine gly alanine ala valine val leucine leu asparagine asp'Ntb aspartic acid asp glutamine ghrNH2 glutamic acid glu THE HUMAN BRAIN isoleucine proline phenylalanine tyrosine tryptophan serine threonine ileu pro phe tyr try ser thr lysine histidine lys his arginine methionine arg met cystine cysteine cy-S-cy-SH Of the abbreviations that are more than the first three letters of the names, ileu, asp-NH2, and ghrNH2 should be clear.