proline

See also: Prolene and prolene

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Wikipedia

Etymology

Short for pyrrolidine.

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Noun

proline (countable and uncountable, plural prolines)

1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid C₅H₉NO₂ found in most animal proteins, especially collagen; its cyclic structure leads to kinks in the peptide chain of proteins.

Synonyms

• Pro

Derived terms

• captopril
• diproline
• ethylideneproline
• fluoroproline
• hexaproline
• homoproline
• hydroxyproline
• insulin lispro
• leuprolide
• polyproline
• prolinase
• prolinate
• prolinol

Translations

nonessential amino acid; C₅H₉NO₂

Bulgarian: пролин m (prolin) Catalan: prolina f Chinese: Mandarin: 脯氨酸 (zh) (fǔ'ānsuān) Czech: prolin m Esperanto: prolino Finnish: proliini French: proline (fr) f German: Prolin (de) n Greek: προλίνη (el) f (prolíni) Hungarian: prolin (hu) Italian: prolina (it) f Japanese: プロリン (purorin) Polish: prolina (pl) f Romanian: prolină f Slovak: prolín m Spanish: prolina (es) f Swedish: prolin (sv)

Anagrams

• plerion

Italian

Noun

proline f

1. plural of prolina

Anagrams

• leprino, prelino