ALANINE

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 nonpolar 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.

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alanine

Noun

  1. A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins
    Potatoes can be a good source of alanine.
  2. A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid
    Two alanines are replaced by prolines.


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