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An amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen)
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proline
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n. (context amino acid English) A nonessential amino acid C 5 H 9 NO 2 found in most animal proteins, especially collagen; its cyclic structure leads to kinks in the peptide chain of proteins.
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Proline is an amino acid. Proline or Pro-Line may also refer to: Proline FC -football club in Africa ProLine (company) , an electronics brand Pro-Line , a manufacturer of radio-controlled car accessories Sport Select , Canadian betting games also known ...
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n. an amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen)
Usage examples of proline.
These crystals were analyzed and it was reported that within each secretin molecule there existed 3 lysines, 2 arginines, 2 prolines, i histi-dine, i glutamic acid, i aspartic acid, and i methionine.
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.
But it would give a rough percentage composition: so much valine, so much arginine, so much cystine and proline and leucine.