prolamin

[ proh-lam-in, proh-luh-min ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. any of the class of simple proteins, as gliadin, hordein, or zein, found in grains, soluble in dilute acids, alkalis, and alcohols, and insoluble in water, neutral salt solutions, and absolute alcohol.

prolamin

/ prō′lə-mĭn /

1. Any of a class of simple proteins soluble in alcohol and usually having a high proline and glutamine content, found in the grains of cereal crops such as wheat, rye, barley, corn, and rice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prolamin¹

First recorded in 1905–10; prol(ine) + am(monia) + -in ²

Example Sentences

The wheat prolamin gene sequences, including those encoding HMW-GS, LMW-GS, α-, γ-, ω- and δ-gliadin, were used as queries to blast against the T. urartu genome sequences with E value 1 × 10−10, and matched sequences were extracted and manually annotated.

From Nature

This file contains a list of prolamin genes.

From Nature

Finally, 77 LCC genes that were manually identified as RGAs and manually curated gene structures from the prolamin gene family were transferred from LCC into the HCC class.

From Nature

The coordinates of full-length prolamin genes were included into the HCC gene set v2.0.

From Nature

Prolamin genes, which represent several seed-storage protein families unique to Triticeae22, are central to the bread-making properties of wheat flour.

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