lysine

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

lysine

Wikipedia

Etymology

From lysis +‎ -ine, in reference to its tendency to participate in catalysis.

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!

Noun

lysine (countable and uncountable, plural lysines)

2. (biochemistry) An amino acid, C₆H₁₄N₂O₂, in L- or D-forms.
   1. The L-form of such a molecule, as it occurs in living organisms; in humans it is an essential amino acid.

      Synonyms: Lys, K

      • 2010, Michael T. Murray, Joseph Pizzorno, The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 65:

        Lysine is an essential amino acid required for many body functions, including growth and bone development in children; calcium absorption and maintenance of the correct nitrogen balance in the body; maintenance of lean body mass; production of antibodies, hormones, and enzymes; collagen formation and repair of tissue.

Derived terms

• acetyllysine
• alkyllysinase
• borolysine
• dilysine
• dimethyllysine
• hydroxylysine
• insulin glulisine
• insulin lispro
• liraglutide
• lisinopril
• lypressin
• lysinuric
• lysopine
• lysyl
• methyllysine
• nonlysine
• pentalysine
• polylysine

Translations

essential amino acid, C₆H₁₄N₂O₂

Catalan: lisina Chinese: Mandarin: 賴氨酸 / 赖氨酸 (zh) (lài'ānsuān) (Mainland China), 離胺酸 / 离胺酸 (lí'ānsuān) (Taiwan) Czech: lysin Dutch: lysine (nl) Esperanto: lizino Finnish: lysiini French: lysine (fr) f German: Lysin (de) n Greek: λυσίνη (el) f (lysíni) Hebrew: ליזין (lisin) Hungarian: lizin (hu) Ido: lisin Italian: lisina (it) Japanese: リシン (ja) (rishin) Kazakh: лизин (lizin) Kyrgyz: лизин (lizin) Latin: lysina Latvian: lizīns Lithuanian: lisinas Luxembourgish: Lysin Persian: لیسین (lisin) Polish: lizyna f Portuguese: lisina Romanian: lizină (ro) f Russian: лизин (ru) (lizin) Slovak: lyzín m Spanish: lisina (es) Swedish: lysin (sv) Turkish: lizin Ukrainian: лізин (lizyn)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Kabuverdianu: ALUPEC: (please verify) lizina Badiu: (please verify) lizina São Vicente: (please verify) lisina

Further reading

• lysine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Insley, Linsey, Nisley, linsey, silyne

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

lysine

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ly‧si‧ne

Noun

lysine f or m (uncountable)

1. lysine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.zin/

Noun

lysine f (countable and uncountable, plural lysines)

1. lysine

Further reading

• “lysine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.