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Definition of Alanine

1. Noun. A crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins.

Definition of Alanine

1. n. A white crystalline base, C₃H₇NO₂, derived from aldehyde ammonia.

Definition of Alanine

1. Noun. (amino acid uncountable) A nonessential amino acid ''2-aminopropanoic acid'' found in most animal proteins ¹

2. Noun. A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Alanine

1. an amino acid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Alanine

1. Alanine is a nonessential amino acid that can be manufactured by the body from other sources as needed. Alanine is one of the simplest of the amino acids and is involved in the energy-producing breakdown of glucose. In conditions of sudden anaerobic energy need, when muscle proteins are broken down for energy, alanine acts as a carrier molecule to take the nitrogen-containing amino group to the liver to be changed to the less toxic urea, thus preventing buildup of toxic products in the muscle cells when extra energy is needed. Because the body easily constructs alanine from other sources, no deficiency state is known. Alanine is found in a wide variety of foods, but is particularly concentrated in meats. (22 May 1997)

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Literary usage of Alanine

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1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The similarity between histidine and ^-(pyrazolyl-3)- alanine as concerns reactions ... When /3-(pyrazolyl-3)-alanine is treated with 1 equiv of benzyl ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"(For the methods of separating alanine from the other hydrolytic products ... r-alanine is prepared synthetically by the action of hydrochloric acid on the ..."

3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1855)
"alanine is not altered by boiling with acids ; it dissolves in strong sulphuric ... alanine is decomposed by nitrous acid, with evolution of nitrogen and ..."

4. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1917)
"Separation of Valine and alanine. Levene and Van Slyke [1913] described a ... It depends (1) upon the greater insolubility of alanine phosphotungstate than ..."

5. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"The filtered liquid yields crystals of alanine by evaporation, and an additional quantity may be obtained from the mother-liquor by addition of alcohol. ..."

6. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"Phenyl alanine. — Phenyl propionic acid yields a side-chain-substituted ... As alpha-amino propionic acid is known as alanine this phenyl derivative is ..."

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