glycine

See also: Glycine

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γλυκύς (glukús, “sweet”) +‎ -ine

Noun

glycine (plural glycines)

(biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C₂H₅NO₂ found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

Synonyms

E640 when used as a flavour enhancer
Gly as a monomer in proteins

Translations

amino acid

Catalan: glicina (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 甘氨酸 (zh) (gān'ānsuān) (chiefly Mainland China), 氨基乙酸 (ānjīyǐsuān) (chiefly Mainland China), 胺基乙酸 (ànjīyǐsuān, ānjīyǐsuān) (Taiwan)
Danish: glycin
Esperanto: glicino
Finnish: glysiini
French: glycine (fr) f
German: Glycin (de) n
Hungarian: glicin

Ido: glicino (io)
Maori: kairīni
Persian: گلیسین‎ (gelisin)
Polish: glicyna f
Romanian: glicină (ro) f
Spanish: glicina f
Swedish: glycin (sv)
Turkish: glisin

References

glycine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡli.sin/

Etymology 1

Noun

glycine f (plural glycines)

(botany, usually uncountable) wisteria

Etymology 2

Noun

glycine f (plural glycines)

(biochemistry) glycine

Further reading

“glycine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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