glycine
See also: Glycine
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) + -ine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪˌsin/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
glycine (countable and uncountable, plural glycines)
- (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C2H5NO2 found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.
Synonyms
- aminoacetic acid (IUPAC name)
- E640 (when used as a flavour enhancer)
- Gly (as a monomer in proteins)
Derived terms
- alkylglycine
- allylglycine
- cefaloglycin
- choloylglycine
- cholylglycine
- decaglycine
- dehydroglycine
- diglycine
- dimethylglycine
- glycinal
- glycinamide
- glycinate
- glycinemia
- glycinergic
- glycyl
- glycylglycine
- glyphosate
- homoallylglycine
- homopropargylglycine
- insulin glargine
- oligoglycine
- oxalylglycine
- pentaglycine
- polyglycine
- propargylglycine
- tetraglycine
- thioglycine
- tricine
- triglycine
- trimethylglycine
Translations
amino acid
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References
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡli.sin/
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús) + -ine.
Noun
glycine f (plural glycines)
Derived terms
- glycine de Chine
- glycine du Japon
- glycine floribonde
- glycine tubéreuse
Descendants
- → Romanian: glicină
Etymology 2
Noun
glycine f (plural glycines)
- (biochemistry) glycine
- Synonym: glycocolle
Further reading
- “glycine” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
- “glycine” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “glycine” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “glycine” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
- “glycine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.