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serine
[ ser-een, -in, seer- ]
noun
- a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2 )COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. : Ser; : S
serine
/ -rɪn; ˈsɪəriːn; ˈsɛriːn /
noun
- a sweet-tasting amino acid that is synthesized in the body and is involved in the synthesis of cysteine; 2-amino-3-hydroxypropanoic acid. Formula: CH 2 (OH)CH(NH 2 )COOH
serine
/ sĕr′ēn′ /
- A nonessential amino acid. Chemical formula: C 3 H 7 NO 3 .
- See more at amino acid
Word History and Origins
Origin of serine1
Example Sentences
They found that hypertensive pulmonary blood vessel cells have a voracious appetite for two amino acids, glutamine and serine, and -- as happens with any unbalanced diet -- there are consequences.
One of the chemicals the bacteria seemed particularly drawn to was serine, an amino acid found in human blood that is also a common ingredient in protein drinks.
They devised tRNAs that actively ruin viral proteins by delivering the wrong amino acids—including proline and alanine—in response to outsiders’ serine codons.
As with serine, depriving mice of one of those amino acids apparently disrupts metabolic cycles by which cancer cells respond to oxidative stress, synthesize DNA, and turn genes off and on.
This redundancy means, for example, that there are six codons that encode the amino acid serine, and three possible stop codons.
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