proline
IPA: proʊɫaɪn
noun
- (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid C₅H₉NO₂ found in most animal proteins, especially collagen; its cyclic structure leads to kinks in the peptide chain of proteins.
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Examples of "proline" in Sentences
- She said it was already known the gene made a protein called proline rich transmembrane protein 2.
- In the event that you think you may have the flu, take the amino acids l-lysine, l-proline and l-glycine.
- The proline in A2 milk has a strong bond to another small protein called BCM 7, which helps keep it from being released.
- A2 cows produce this protein with a proline at number 67, whereas A1 cows have a mutated proline amino acid, which converts it to histidine.
- Unique PROSITE domains without INTERPRO annotations were ignored; these include low complexity regions such as proline-rich, serine-rich or glutamine-rich regions.
- ALG fractions were identified as a sugar protein complex and the protein moiety of ALG contained high amounts of glutamic acid (or glutamine), threonine, asparagic acid (or asparagine) and proline.
- Using advanced X-radiation techniques, University of Missouri researchers were able to visualize one of these terminals inside of an enzyme that degrades proline, which is an amino acid that has a central role in metabolism.
- But she soon learned that a local study of centenarians found that residents had high blood levels of proline and glycine, two compounds that assist in the regeneration of normal tissue and can be traced to the collagen and elastin in pork.
- "Dark chocolate reduced the urinary excretion of the stress hormone cortisol and catecholamines and partially normalized stress-related differences in energy metabolism (glycine, citrate, trans-aconitate, proline, β-alanine) and gut microbial activities (hippurate and p-cresol sulfate)."
- A series of amino acids may be correlated to a series of codons but the logical linkage can be more like (a) create an acidic surface with the following amino acids (b) place these polar ones over there to enable an interface with another protein (c) disrupt an alpha helix with proline etc.
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