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An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine
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citrulline
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WordNet
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n. an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine
Wikipedia
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The organic compound citrulline is an α- amino acid . Its name is derived from citrullus , the Latin word for watermelon , from which it was first isolated in 1914 by Koga & Odake. It was finally identified by Wada in 1930. It has the formula HNC(O)NH(CH)CH(NH)COH. ...
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n. (context amino acid English) An amino acid, first isolated from watermelons, that is an intermediate in the urea cycle
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citrulline \citrulline\ n. an amino acid that is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine.