Definition of Glutaminic acid

1. Noun. An amino acid occurring in proteins; important in the nitrogen metabolism of plants; used in monosodium glutamate to enhance the flavor of meats.

Exact synonyms: Glutamic Acid
Generic synonyms: Amino Acid, Aminoalkanoic Acid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glutaminic Acid

glutamin-(asparagin-)ase
glutaminase
glutaminases
glutaminate
glutamine
glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase (isomerizing)
glutamine-pyruvate aminotransferase
glutamine - phenylpyruvate transaminase
glutamine amidotransferase
glutamine amidotransferase cyclase
glutamine aminotransferase
glutamine permease
glutamine synthetase
glutamine transaminase
glutamines
glutaminic acid (current term)
glutaminolysis
glutaminyl
glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase
glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase
glutaminyls
glutamoyl
glutamyl
glutamyl-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase
glutamyl aminopeptidase
glutamyl carboxylase
glutamyl endopeptidase
glutamyl tRNA dehydrogenase
glutamyl tRNA reductase
glutamylcysteine

Literary usage of Glutaminic acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"glutaminic acid and leucin are thus the most abundant mono-ammo acids. ... According to E. Fischer,1 the naturally occurring acid is rf-glutaminic acid. ..."

2. Chemistry of the Proteids by Gustav Mann (1906)
"glutaminic acid and leucin are thus the most abundant mono-amino acids. ... glutaminic acid does not taste sweet but stale, and only slightly acid. ..."

3. The Proteins of the Wheat Kernel by Thomas Burr Osborne (1907)
"THE PROPORTION OF glutaminic acid YIELDED BY VARIOUS FRACTIONS OF THB ALCOHOL-SOLUBLE ... As gliadin yields a relatively large amount of glutaminic acid ..."

4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1899)
"Dextro- or ordinary glutaminic acid occurs in various seeds and in the sprouts of ... 1-glutaminic acid is obtained from the inactive variety by means of ..."

5. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1906)
"the title '' The chemistry of the protein bodies of the wheat kernel; Part I, The protein soluble in alcohol and its glutaminic acid content. ..."

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