Alanine

Alanine
An amino acid, one of the 20 amino acids that serve as the building blocks in protein. Alanine is not an "essential" amino acid. (It is not essential to the diet, but can be made by the body from other substances. Alanine was discovered in protein in 1875. It is abbreviated Ala.
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2-Aminopropionic acid; α-aminopropionic acid; the l-stereoisomer is one of the amino acid s widely occurring in proteins.

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al·a·nine 'al-ə-.nēn n a simple nonessential crystalline amino acid C3H7NO2 formed esp. by the hydrolysis of proteins abbr. Ala

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n.

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al·a·nine (Ala) (A) (alґə-nēn) 1. a nonessential amino acid, 2-aminopropanoic acid, occurring in proteins; high levels also occur free in plasma. It is synthesized from pyruvate. See also table at amino acid. 2. [USP] a preparation of alanine used as a dietary supplement.

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