alanine

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.

alanine (countable and uncountable, plural alanines)

1. (biochemistry, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins

   Potatoes can be a good source of alanine.

2. (countable) A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid

   Two alanines are replaced by prolines.

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alanine f (plural alanines)

1. (biochemistry) alanine

alanine f

1. plural of alanina