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Definition of Histidine

1. Noun. An essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue.

Definition of Histidine

1. Noun. (amino acid) An essential amino acid C₆H₉N₃O₂ found in most animal proteins; essential for tissue growth and repair. ¹

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Definition of Histidine

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Histidine

1. An amino acid with an imidazole side chain with a pKa of 6-7. Acts as a proton donor or acceptor and has high potential reactivity and diversity of chemical function. Forms part of the catalytic site of many enzymes. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Histidine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"histidine was the only amino acid of nine studied which induced this ... Geison and Waisman fed 5% and 8% excess L-histidine diets to rabbits for 4 weeks ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"OH (4) where A and E refer to histidine and its ester, respectively, and the prefixes R and S refer to the absolute configurations of the ligands. ..."

3. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"To an aqueous solution of histidine or a histidine salt in a test-tube add a little bromine water. A yellow coloration develops in the cold and upon further ..."

4. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"To an aqueous solution of histidine or a histidine salt in a test-tube add a little bromine water. A yellow coloration develops in the cold and upon further ..."

5. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1917)
"Estimation and Isolation of histidine. (a) The solution is freed from sulphuric acid by neutralising to litmus with baryta and adding barium nitrate as long ..."

6. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"The Synthesis of histidine. CH-N By heating together potassium thiocyanate and the hydro- ... (I.) which forms the raw material of the histidine synthesis.7 ..."

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