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Definition of Glycine

1. Noun. The simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane.

Definition of Glycine

1. Noun. (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C₂H₅NO₂ found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid. ¹

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Definition of Glycine

1. an amino acid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glycine

1. The simplest amino acid. It is a common residue in proteins, especially collagen and elastin and is not optically active. It is also a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in spinal cord and brainstem of vertebrate central nervous system. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Glycine

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)
"Separation of glycine and Alanine. There are two methods of separating these compounds :— («) By reconverting the mixture into esters, separating the ..."

2. Physiological chemistry: A Text-book and Manual for Students by Albert Prescott Mathews (1916)
"Hydrolyzed Not hydrolyzed (r) Alanyl-alanine Glycyl-glycine (r) ... Thus glycyl-glycine is hydrolyzed by the liver and muscle juice of the ox, rabbit, ..."

3. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"The inhibitory glycine receptor is a member of the ligand-gated ion channel ... glycine activation of this receptor is antagonized by the convulsant ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"I.—Methyl Derivatives of Para-aminobenzoic Acid and of glycine. ... Constants for ja-aminobenzoic i acid, glycine, and some of its methyl derivatives had ..."

5. The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats (1829)
"What ï glycine. My own conscience, For having fed my jealousy and envy With a plot, ... glycine. Could I look up to her dear countenance, And say her nay? ..."

6. Physiological Chemistry by Karl Gotthelf Lehmann (1855)
"glycine dissolves •unchanged in the mineral acids, and in alkaline solutions, ... Sulphate of copper and potash yield with glycine a deep blue solution from ..."

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