Alanine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alanine \Al"a*nine\, n. [Aldehyde + the ending -ine. The -n- is
     a euphonic insertion.] (Chem.)
     one of the natural amino acids found combined in the proteins
     of most living tissues. It can be isolated as a white
     crystalline base, {C3H7NO2}. The natural form is the
     L-configuration.


     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alanine
       n : a crystalline amino acid that occurs in many proteins