Citrulline

2 definitions found

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

  citrulline \citrulline\ n.
     an amino acid that is an intermediate in the conversion of
     ornithine to arginine.
     [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  citrulline
       n : an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an
           intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine