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alanine

alanine

English

Noun

alanine ‎(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.

Synonyms

Ala

Translations

nonessential amino acid; C₃H₇NO₂

Catalan: alanina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 丙氨酸 (zh) ‎(bǐngānsuān)
Czech: alanin m
Danish: alanin
Esperanto: alanino
French: alanine (fr) f
Galician: alanina
German: Alanin (de) n
Greek: αλανίνη (el) f ‎(alaníni)
Hungarian: alanin (hu)
Ido: alanino

Irish: alainín m
Italian: alanina (it) f
Japanese: アラニン ‎(aranin)
Korean: 알라닌 ‎(allanin)
Persian: آلانین ‎(âlânin)
Polish: alanina (pl) f
Portuguese: alanina f
Romanian: alanină (ro) f
Russian: алани́н (ru) m ‎(alanín)
Spanish: alanina f
Swedish: alanin (sv)

French

Noun

alanine f ‎(plural alanines)

(biochemistry) alanine

Italian

Noun

alanine f

plural of alanina