threonine

[ three-uh-neen, -nin ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. an essential amino acid, CH 3 CHOHCH(NH 2 )COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins. : Thr; : T

threonine

/ ˈθriːəˌniːn; -nɪn /

noun

1. an essential amino acid that occurs in certain proteins

threonine

/ thrē′ə-nēn′ /

1. An essential amino acid. Chemical formula: C 4 H 9 NO 3 .
2. See more at amino acid

Word History and Origins

Origin of threonine¹

1925–30; threon- (alteration of Greek erythrón, neuter of erythrós red; erythro- ) + -ine ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of threonine¹

C20 threon-, probably from Greek eruthron, from eruthros red (see erythro- ) + -ine ²

Example Sentences

Repeats of the amino acids threonine and glycine in a transcription-factor protein modulate the temperature responsiveness of the circadian clock in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster11.

From Nature

Because of that tiny code change, my bacteria cells will make the amino acid lysine instead of another one, threonine.

From Scientific American

Briefly, we computationally searched for peptide sequences containing proline followed by a random amino acid and a serine or threonine.

From Nature

There is indeed one required mutation in the PfCRT protein, which is a change of an amino acid lysine to threonine.

From Forbes

For example an ACG in the gene, means 'use the amino acid threonine next'.

From BBC