"proline" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prolines [plural]
Etymology: Short for pyrrolidine. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} proline (countable and uncountable, plural prolines)
  1. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Pro Translations (nonessential amino acid; C5H9NO2): пролин (prolin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), prolina [feminine] (Catalan), 脯氨酸 (fǔ'ānsuān) (Chinese Mandarin), prolin [masculine] (Czech), prolino (Esperanto), proliini (Finnish), proline [feminine] (French), Prolin [neuter] (German), προλίνη (prolíni) [feminine] (Greek), prolin (Hungarian), prolina [feminine] (Italian), プロリン (purorin) (Japanese), prolina [feminine] (Polish), prolină [feminine] (Romanian), prolín [masculine] (Slovak), prolina [feminine] (Spanish), prolin (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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