alanine
/ˈæləniːn/
构词拆解
词源说明
From aldehyde + -anine, in reference to aldehyde, with the infix -an- for ease of pronunciation, when the German chemist Adolph Strecker first synthesized alanine in 1850 by mixing acetaldehyde (then just known as aldehyde) with ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, and hydrochloric acid.
释义
名词noun
- 1(biochemistry, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins
- 2countableA specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid