glycine
a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, H2NCH2COOH, the simplest amino acid: used chiefly in organic synthesis and biochemical research. Abbreviation: Gly; Symbol: G
Origin of glycine
1- Also called aminoacetic acid, gly·co·coll [glahy-kuh-kol]. /ˈglaɪ kəˌkɒl/.
Words Nearby glycine
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How to use glycine in a sentence
They found that all these bacteria had the gene for an enzyme that could remove glycine.
Stinky success: Scientists identify the chemistry of B.O. | Alison Pearce Stevens | September 15, 2020 | Science News For StudentsZein, the principal protein of corn contains no glycine, lysine, or tryptophane.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherThe plant generally known as Soja hispida is by modern botanists referred to glycine soja.
The chief cultivation appears to be Coix, glycine, and some rice, but the produce seemed very small.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William GriffithThe only cultivation is potatoes, a few years since introduced, and which answers admirably, some turnips and glycine tuberosa.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The | William Griffith
glycine chinénsis, is given to Wistèria, and is the finest climbing shrub of the phaseolious tribe.
The American Flower Garden Directory | Thomas Hibbert
British Dictionary definitions for glycine
/ (ˈɡlaɪsiːn, ɡlaɪˈsiːn) /
a nonessential amino acid occurring in most proteins that acts as a neurotransmitter; aminoacetic acid
Origin of glycine
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for glycine
[ glī′sēn′, -sĭn ]
A nonessential amino acid. Glycine is the simplest amino acid. Chemical formula: C2H5NO2. See more at amino acid.
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