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Meaning of "alanine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALANINE

From German Alanin, from al(dehyde) + -an- (euphonic infix) + -in-ine².
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PRONUNCIATION OF ALANINE

alanine  [ˈæləˌniːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALANINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alanine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALANINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alanine

Alanine is an α-amino acid with the chemical formula CH3CHCOOH. The L-isomer is one of the 20 amino acids encoded by the genetic code. Its codons are GCU, GCC, GCA, and GCG. It is classified as a non-polar amino acid. L-Alanine is second only to leucine in rate of occurrence, accounting for 7.8% of the primary structure in a sample of 1,150 proteins. D-Alanine occurs in bacterial cell walls and in some peptide antibiotics.

Definition of alanine in the English dictionary

The definition of alanine in the dictionary is a nonessential aliphatic amino acid that occurs in many proteins.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALANINE


Benin
bɛˈniːn
cinchonine
ˈsɪŋkəˌniːn
conine
ˈkəʊniːn
cotinine
ˈkɒtəˌniːn
creatinine
kriːˈætəˌniːn
cyanine
ˈsaɪəˌniːn
ethionine
eˈθiːəˌniːn
gelseminine
dʒelˈsemɪˌniːn
guanine
ˈɡwɑːniːn
hydrastinine
haɪˈdræstɪˌniːn
limonene
ˈlɪməˌniːn
methionine
mɛˈθaɪəˌniːn
mezzanine
ˈmɛzəˌniːn
phenylalanine
ˌfiːnaɪlˈæləˌniːn
phthalocyanine
ˌθæləʊˈsaɪəˌniːn
pinene
ˈpaɪniːn
retinene
ˈrɛtɪˌniːn
thionine
ˈθaɪəʊˌniːn
threonine
ˈθriːəˌniːn
triiodothyronine
ˌtraɪaɪˌəʊdəʊˈθaɪrəˌniːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALANINE

alamode
alamort
Alan
Alanbrooke
aland
alang
Alania
alanin
alannah
alant
alanyl
Alaouite
alap
alapa
alar
Alaric
alarm
alarm bells

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALANINE

adenine
arginine
asinine
canine
feminine
leonine
nine
nine-nine-nine
on cloud nine
oscinine
pennine
ranine
safranine
saponine
saturnine
sixty-nine
solanine
stanine
strychnine
unfeminine

Synonyms and antonyms of alanine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alanine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALANINE

Find out the translation of alanine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alanine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alanine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

丙氨酸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alanina
570 millions of speakers

English

alanine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alanine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ألانين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аланин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alanina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্ষারযুক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alanine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alanine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alanin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アラニン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

알라닌
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alanine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

alanine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலனீன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलॅनिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alanin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alanina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alanina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аланін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alanina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλανίνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alanien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alanin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alanine
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alanine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALANINE»

The term «alanine» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.149 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALANINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alanine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alanine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alanine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALANINE»

Discover the use of alanine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alanine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advances in Alanine Research and Application: 2013 Edition: ...
Patent Issued for Compositions and Methods for the Sustained Release of Beta- Alanine By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Pharma Law Weekly -- Natural Alternatives International, Inc. (San Marcos, CA) has been issued patent number  ...
‎2013
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Principles of Exercise Biochemistry
Since alanine represents only 11% of the free amino acid residues in skeletal muscle, peripheral synthesis of alanine by transamination of glucose-derived pyruvate has been suggested [41]. A linear relationship exists between blood pyruvate ...
J. R. Poortmans, 2004
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Amino Acid Biosynthesis – Pathways, Regulation and Metabolic ...
l-aspartate:ammonia ligase (EC 6.3.1.1), respectively, whereas l-asparagine is converted to l-aspartate by l-asparagine amidohydrolase (EC 3.5.1.1). Unusual amino acids such as d-alanine and d-aspartate are produced by alanine racemase ...
Volker F. Wendisch, 2007
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Handbook of Neurochemistry and Molecular Neurobiology: Brain ...
Although direct in vivo evidence for preferential neuronal alanine synthesis is not yet given, a substantial 13C-label incorporation into cerebral alanine ( approximately 20%) was observed after injection of rats with 13C-labeled lactate (Bouzier ...
Abel Lajtha, Gary E. Gibson, Gerald A. Dienel, 2007
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The Healing Nutrients Within: Facts, Findings, and New ...
METABOLISM Alanine is one of the simplest amino acids. Little is known about the metabolism of alanine. Normal alanine metabolism, like that of other amino acids, is highly dependent upon enzymes that contain pyridoxine (vitamin B6).
Eric R. Braverman, 2003
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Amino Acids and Proteins for the Athlete
others feel that neogenic flux from amino acids is unlikely to be of major quantitative importance for provision of the carbon skeleton of alanine.790 However, it is obvious that since significant alanine production continues even after the limited ...
Mauro G. Di Pasquale, 1997
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CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds
... 12393 Alamine 6: 14981 Alamine 7D: 18785 Alamine 7: 18785 Alamo: 23794 Alanap:7064 Alanap 1:7064 Alanapl0Gat:7064 Alanex:1064 ß- Alanine: 1066 £4 ->Alanine: 1067 (Л>А1ашпе: 1067 a-Alanine-D: 1067 D- Alanine: 1067 Alanine,  ...
David R. Lide, G.W.A. Milne, 1993
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Biotechnology in China I: From Bioreaction to Bioseparation ...
2.2.3 Alanine Effect Alanine is the only amino acid that is consistently found to accumulate in the medium of mammalian cell culture. However, the effect of alanine has rarely been studied systematically. Alanine can be formed by the ...
Jian-Jiang Zhong, Feng-Wu Bai, Wei Zhang, 2009
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The Health Professional's Guide to Popular Dietary Supplements
During the first half of the night, plasma glucose concentrations were significantly higher after the snack, alanine and glucose, or terbutaline compared with the control. During the second half of the night, mean plasma glucose levels were not  ...
Allison Sarubin-Fragakis, 2007
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Handbook of Biochemical Kinetics: A Guide to Dynamic ...
Alanine Dehydrogenase of an acyl-phosphate intermediate which then suffers attack by the amino group of a second D-Ala molecule. Indeed, a phosphinate dipeptide analogue1 is converted by enzymatic phosphorylation from low-affinity  ...
Daniel L. Purich, R. Donald Allison, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALANINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alanine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Survival Benefit of Regorafenib Confirmed in Combined Analysis of …
... events were HFSR (16%), hypertension (11%), hyperbilirubinemia, hypophosphatemia, and alanine aminotransferase increase (7%, each). «OncLive, Jul 15»
2
Novel mutations in PAX6, OTX2 and NDP in anophthalmia …
The position 256 of the homeodomain is shown in bold and is occupied by a valine residue in all available reference sequences and alanine in ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Omega-3 fatty acids improve AST, GGTP in children with NAFLD
The primary goal of the trial was to determine the number of patients with decreased alanine aminotransferase levels at least 0.3 times the ... «Healio, Jul 15»
4
Hepatic ALT flares linked to HBsAg clearance
Hepatic alanine aminotransferase (ALT) flares are associated with rapid decline and greater annual reductions of hepatitis B surface antigen ... «News-Medical.net, Jun 15»
5
New Assay For Detection of Drug Resistant Mutants in Hepatitis C …
... lower alanine transaminase (ALT, a biomarker of liver health) and lower hepatocellular carcinoma risk in comparison to patients without the ... «Hepatitis News Today, Jun 15»
6
TIVORBEX® Now Available in US Pharmacies for the Treatment of …
... pain in extremity, abdominal pain, sinusitis, alanine aminotransferase increased, blood creatinine increased, hypertension, and dyspepsia. «PharmiWeb.com, Jun 15»
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Brain Cells May Be Protected From Age Damage By MARCKS Protein
The protein, Myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate (MARCKS), may act as both a bouncer and a housekeeping service. It helps to clear ... «ReliaWire, Jun 15»
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Microbiome Study of Colorectal Cancer Uncovers Signature of …
Among the depleted pathways in the tumor microbiomes were alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism, DNA replication proteins, and ... «GenomeWeb, Jun 15»
9
Matthew says many turn to powder for extra power pre-workout
"Pre-workouts contain caffeine for energy and focus, beta-alanine which reduces lactic acid so you can train harder for longer, and creatine for ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, Jun 15»
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Phosphorylation of Pex11p does not regulate peroxisomal fission in …
Therefore, double mutants of Pex11p were created such that both Serine residues at positions 161 and 174 were mutated either to Alanine ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»

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