"serine" meaning in English

See serine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: serines [plural]
Etymology: From Latin sericus (“silken”). The compound was first obtained from silk protein, a particularly rich source, in 1865. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|sericus||silken}} Latin sericus (“silken”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} serine (countable and uncountable, plural serines)
  1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, CH₂OH.CH(NH₂)COOH, found in most animal proteins, notably silk. Wikipedia link: serine Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Amino acids Synonyms: Ser Derived forms: phosphatidylserine Translations (nonessential amino acid; CH2OH.CH(NH2)COOH): 絲胺酸 (Chinese Mandarin), 丝胺酸 (sī'ānsuān) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 絲氨酸 (Chinese Mandarin), serin [masculine] (Czech), serino (Esperanto), seriini (Finnish), sérine [feminine] (French), Serin [neuter] (German), σερίνη (seríni) [feminine] (Greek), serina (Italian), セリン (serin) (Japanese), серин (serin) (Kazakh), herina (Maori), seryna [feminine] (Polish), serină [feminine] (Romanian), сери́н (serín) [masculine] (Russian), serina [feminine] (Spanish), serin (Swedish)

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