Look up: leucine

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   leucine
   [n] - a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition
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   leucine
   ((CH₃)₂CHCH₂CH(NH₂)COOH) A naturally occuring aliphatic amino acid with a nonpolar side chain.
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   Leucine
   Leucine: An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, leucine is needed for optimal growth in childhood. It is one of the three branched-chain amino acids. Symbol: Leu.
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   leucine
   (= leu; L; 2-amino-4-methylpentanoic acid; 131 D) The most abundant amino acid found in proteins. Confers hydrophobicity and has a structural rather than a chemical role. See Table A2.
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   leucine
   <amino acid> The most abundant amino acid found in proteins. Confers hydrophobicity and has a structural rather than a chemical role. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   leucine
   noun a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition; obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins
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   Leucine
   `Leucine` (abbreviated as `Leu` or `L`) is an α-amino acid with the chemical formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH2CH(CH3)2. It is an essential amino acid, which means that humans cannot synthesise it. Its codons are UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA, and CUG. With a hydrocarbon side chain, leucine is classified as a hydrophobic amino acid.
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   leucine
   (loo´sēn) a naturally occurring essential amino acid that is necessary for growth in infants and for nitrogen equilibrium in adults.
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   leucine
   an amino acid obtainable by the hydrolysis of most common proteins. Among the first of the amino acids to be discovered (1819), in muscle fibre and ... [7 related articles]
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    leucine
    the l-isomer is one of the amino acids found in proteins; a nutritionally essential amino acid.
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    leucine
    leucine (lOO'sēn) , organic compund, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Only the l-stereooisomer appears in mammalian protein. It is one of several essential amino acids needed in the diet; the human body cannot synthesize it from simpler metabolites. Young adults...
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