serine
pronunciation
How to pronounce serine in British English:
UK ['seri:n]
How to pronounce serine in American English:
US ['serˌin]
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- Noun:
- a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine
Word Origin
- serine (n.)
- type of amino acid, 1880, from German serin (1865), from Latin sericum "silk" (see serge), with chemical suffix -ine (2).
Example
- 1. Cloning and analysis of serine protease gene of trichinella spiralis .
- 2. " The golden palace and the silver small tinkling bell with the purple government office , the serine sights of the scenery up to the rare and beautiful flowers " besides elegant spirit fog , the heavenly palace maybe the noblest gate faction .
- 3. Irreversibly inhibits serine proteases by sulfonylation of the serine residue in the active site of the protease .
- 4. Porcine pancreatic elastase is a serine protease that hydrolyses amides and esters .
- 5. Figure 2 the contrast between serine active site of component p-0 and pattern .