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Meaning of "histidine" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HISTIDINE

histidine  [ˈhɪstɪˌdiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HISTIDINE

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Histidine is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HISTIDINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Histidine

Histidine is an α-amino acid with an imidazole functional group. It is one of the 23 proteinogenic amino acids. Its codons are CAU and CAC. Histidine was first isolated by German physician Albrecht Kossel in 1896. Histidine is an essential amino acid in humans and other mammals. It was initially thought that it was only essential for infants, but longer-term studies established that it is also essential for adult humans.

Definition of histidine in the English dictionary

The definition of histidine in the dictionary is a nonessential amino acid that occurs in most proteins: a precursor of histamine.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HISTIDINE


acridine
ˈækrɪˌdiːn
benzidine
ˈbɛnzɪˌdiːn
clonidine
ˈklɒnɪˌdiːn
guanethidine
ɡwəˈnɛθɪˌdiːn
guanidine
ˈɡwɑːnɪˌdiːn
meperidine
məˈpɛrɪˌdiːn
pentamidine
pɛnˈtæmɪˌdiːn
pethidine
ˈpɛθɪˌdiːn
phencyclidine
fɛnˈsɪklɪˌdiːn
phenetidine
fɪˈnɛtɪˌdiːn
piperidine
pɪˈpɛrɪˌdiːn
polyvinylidene
ˌpɒlɪvaɪˈnɪlɪˌdiːn
pyridine
ˈpɪrɪˌdiːn
pyrimidine
paɪˈrɪmɪˌdiːn
pyrrolidine
pɪˈrɒlɪˌdiːn
quinidine
ˈkwɪnɪˌdiːn
thymidine
ˈθaɪmɪˌdiːn
toluidine
tɒˈljuːɪˌdiːn
uridine
ˈjʊərɪˌdiːn
vinylidene
vaɪˈnɪlɪˌdiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HISTIDINE

hist
histaminase
histamine
histaminergic
histaminic
histiocyte
histiocytic
histiology
histoblast
histochemical
histochemically
histochemist
histochemistry
histocompatibility
histocompatibility antigen
histocompatible
histogen
histogenesis
histogenetic
histogenetically

WORDS THAT END LIKE HISTIDINE

alcidine
amidine
azidothymidine
carbamidine
cephaloridine
chlorhexidine
cimetidine
cinchonidine
cytidine
deserpidine
dine
hexahydropiridine
pieridine
sanidine
sulfadimidine
sylphidine
tolidine
tyrocidine
veratridine
xylidine

Synonyms and antonyms of histidine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «histidine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HISTIDINE

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

Translator English - Chinese

组氨酸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

histidina
570 millions of speakers

English

histidine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिस्टडीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحامض الاميني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гистидин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

histidina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

histidine
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

histidine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Histidine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Histidin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒスチジン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

히스티딘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Histidine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

histidine
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

histidine
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हिस्टडीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

histidin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

istidina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

histydyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гістидин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

histidina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιστιδίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

histidien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

histidin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

histidin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of histidine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTIDINE»

The term «histidine» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.115 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HISTIDINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «histidine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «histidine» 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 histidine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HISTIDINE»

Discover the use of histidine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to histidine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Histidine Kinases in Signal Transduction
Written by leading experts in the field, this book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive review on the structure and function of histidine kinases.
Masayori Inouye, Rinku Dutta, 2002
2
Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease
The currently RDA for histidine is 14 mg/kg/day (see Table 2.13), largely based on histidine content of protein and the RDA for protein. Why is it so difficult to define whether histidine is indispensable in adults when there is little evidence that a ...
Maurice Edward Shils, Moshe Shike, 2006
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Biochemistry
FIGURE 3.7 □ The titration curve of histidine. The isoelectric pH (pI) is the value at which positive and negative charges are the same. The molecule has no net charge. As the pH increases still further with addition of more base, the protonated ...
Mary Campbell, Shawn Farrell, 2011
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Biochemistry: The Chemical Reactions of Living Cells
6.0 9.2 02468101214 pH 1 0 1 2 1.8 N N H 3 N H COOH + H H + N N H 3 N H COO – + H H + N N H 3 N H COO – + H N N H 2 N H COO – H Figure 3-1 Titration curve for histidine. The solid line represents the uncorrected titration curve for 3 ...
David E. Metzler, Carol M. Metzler, 2001
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The Healing Nutrients Within: Facts, Findings, and New ...
METABOLISM Histidine may be manufactured in the liver from glutamic acid, and carnosine or possibly biotin (a member of the B family of vitamins). Histidine can also be produced as a result of muscle-protein breakdown and the conversion ...
Eric R. Braverman, 2003
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Prescription for Nutritional Healing
have high levels of histidine in their bodies. Inadequate levels of histidine may contribute to rheumatoid arthritis and may be associated with nerve deafness. Methionine has the ability to lower histidine levels. Histamine, an important immune ...
Phyllis A. Balch, 2006
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The Biochemical Basis of Neuropharmacology
Because histamine penetrates the blood-brain barrier so poorly, brain histamine arises from histamine synthesis in situ from histidine. Active transport of histidine by brain slices has been demonstrated, and, because histidine loading has ...
Jack R. Cooper, Floyd E. Bloom, Robert H. Roth, 2003
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Histidine Triad Nucleotide Binding Proteins (Hints): ...
Development of selective and specific anticancer and antiviral therapeutics remains a tremendous challenge despite great improvements in the availability of biological information.
Tsui-Fen Chou, 2006
9
HPLC of Peptides and Proteins: Methods and Protocols
25. Sensitive. Enzymatic. Analysis. of. Histidine. Decarboxylase. Using. HPLC. Jordi Gómez-Ramirez, Isaac Blanco, and Jordi Ortiz 1. Introduction High- performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) can be used in enzymatic analysis in order to ...
Marie-Isabel Aguilar, 2004
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Ions Métalliques en Biologie Et en Médecine: Quatrième ...
complexes prevail over 1:1 species for histidine/Cu(II) > 2.5. When salicylate is used, the situation is even more favourable to histidine, with both copper and histidine concentrations being one order of magnitude greater (see above).
Philippe Collery, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HISTIDINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term histidine is used in the context of the following news items.
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The top signal in the HLA locus tagged the histidine residue at amino acid position of 13 in HLA-DRB1 protein. An imputation of HLA classical ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Molecular Mechanism for LAMP1 Recognition by Lassa Virus
We demonstrate that mutation of this histidine triad, which is highly conserved among Old World arenaviruses, impairs LAMP1 recognition. «Journal of Virology, Jul 15»
3
New Technique Maps Elusive Chemical Markers on Proteins
So they used a special kind of modified phosphate, called phosphonate, engineered to bind more tightly to either of the two spots on a histidine ... «Bioscience Technology, Jul 15»
4
Thermotolerance: Waste management
Compared with the Asian allele, the African allele contains several nucleotide substitutions, including an arginine-to-histidine mutation. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
5
Squid Beak Proteins Inspire scientists for Hip, Knee Implants
... family comprises highly modular histidine-rich proteins (DgHBPs). DgHBPs play multiple key roles during beak bioprocessing, first by forming ... «Biotechin.Asia, Jul 15»
6
New Tools Developed to Study Protein Formation
In particular, phosphorylation of the amino acid histidine has been notoriously difficult to detect. "With those strong phosphorylation events, you ... «Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, Jul 15»
7
Global analyses of TetR family transcriptional regulators in …
... membrane protein domain (pfam05423), 1 is a membrane bound histidine kinase (pfam00672), 1 is a chloride channel protein (pfam00654), ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
8
Low-energy diets result in weight loss, declines in heart rate
Declines were found for fasting glucose and insulin levels in the low-fiber group whereas histidine concentrations increased (P < .05). «Healio, Jun 15»
9
Ex vivo anti-malarial drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum …
A histidine-rich protein-2 assay was used to assess their susceptibility to a panel of seven anti-malarial drugs. The concentration of ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jun 15»
10
Livestock Event: Better Nutrition to Enhance Farm Profitability
(2014) showed that the dramatic induction of the rate-limiting amino acids, methionine, histidine and lysine, in the uterine fluid of pregnant cows ... «TheCattleSite, Jun 15»

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