glutamine

American  

[gloo-tuh-meen, -min] / ˈglu təˌmin, -mɪn /

noun

Biochemistry.

1. a crystalline amino acid, HOOCCH(NH2 )CH 2 CH 2 CONH 2 , related to glutamic acid. Gln; Q

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glutamine British  

/ ˈɡluːtəˌmiːn, -mɪn /

noun

1. a nonessential amino acid occurring in proteins: plays an important role in protein metabolism

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glutamine Scientific  

/ glo̅o̅′tə-mēn′ /

1. A nonessential amino acid. Chemical formula: C ₅ H ₁₀ N ₂ O ₃ .

2. See more at amino acid

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Etymology

Origin of glutamine

First recorded in 1880–85; glut(en) + -amine

Example Sentences

A switch from glutamine to leucinein resulting from just one mutation could switch the virus from being able to easily bind to avian, or bird, receptors to favouring human receptors in the respiratory tract.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2025

And the glutamine substitution, together with another mutation in the same virus at position 190, could have the same effect as the 226L.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 5, 2024

Lo and behold, when they switched a glutamine to a leucine at position 226, it no longer bound to the bird receptors, but instead exclusively to those of humans.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

Each color in this slice of a mouse’s eye is a different amino acid; green is glutamine, pink is taurine and blue is glutamate.

From New York Times • May 21, 2024

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.

From Science Daily • May 2, 2024