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Definition of Proline
1. Noun. An amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen).
Definition of Proline
1. Noun. (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C5H9NO2 found in most animal proteins, especially collagen; its cyclic structure leads to kinks in the peptide chain of proteins. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proline
1. an amino acid [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proline
Literary usage of Proline
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)
"(a) proline. proline is the only product contained in these fractions which is
soluble in alcohol; it is also much more easily soluble in water than the ..."
2. Practical physiological chemistry: A Book Designed for Use in Courses in by Philip Bovier Hawk (1916)
"proline has been found among the decomposition products of all proteins ...
32 and the copper salt of proline is represented by a micro-photograph in Fig. ..."
3. Practical physiological chemistry by Philip Bovier Hawk (1918)
"proline has been found among the decomposition products of all proteins except
the FIG. 32. ... The crystalline form of leva-a-proline is shown in Fig. ..."
4. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"proline, C«H8N—COOH, o-Pyrrolidine Carboxylic Acid This compound is not a simple
... proline and oxy-proline have no simple amino group. Taken as a whole, ..."
5. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1908)
"proline. Just a year before E. Fischer obtained this compound by the hydrolysis of
... COOH Sörensen and Andersen in 1908 synthesised proline by the sodium ..."
6. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"Recent investigations of the Fischer school have taught us that nearly all proteins
contain proline, and it is apparently an essential component of the true ..."
7. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1913)
"Recent investigations of the Fischer school have taught us that nearly all proteins
contain proline, and it is apparently an essential component of the true ..."
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