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Definition of Lysine

1. Noun. An essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein.

Definition of Lysine

1. Noun. (amino acid) An essential amino acid C₆H₁₄N₂O₂ found in most animal proteins; essential for growth especially in children. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lysine

1. an amino acid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lysine

1. The only carrier of a side chain primary amino group in proteins. Has important structural and chemical roles in proteins. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lysine

Literary usage of Lysine

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

1. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1917)
"Estimation and Isolation* of lysine. The lysine is contained in the filtrate from the precipitate of the silver salts of arginine and histidine. ..."

2. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"lysine is obtained from nearly all proteins, but is absent from the ... lysine is usually obtained as the picrate which is sparingly "soluble in water and ..."

3. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"lysine PICRATE. It is dextro-rotatory and is found in relatively large amount in ... lysine is obtained from nearly all proteins, but is absent from the ..."

4. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1920)
"In addition to the monoamino-acids, diamino-acids are also obtained by decomposing proteins with acids. Some of them merit description. lysine ..."

5. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1898)
"For the preparation of lysine, Drechsel and Kriiger (Ber., 1892, p. ... which precipitates the platinum salt of lysine, the corresponding compound of ..."

6. The Physiology of the Amino Acids by Frank Pell Underhill (1915)
"On the other hand, lysine is apparently not essential for mere maintenance. Another conclusion which may be drawn from these experiments is that the ..."

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