alanine
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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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alanine (countable and uncountable, plural alanines)
- (biochemistry, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins
- Potatoes can be a good source of alanine.
- (countable) A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid
- Two alanines are replaced by prolines.
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nonessential amino acid; C3H7NO2
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alanine f (plural alanines)
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alanine f