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PROLINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An amino acid that is found in many proteins (especially collagen)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("proline" is a kind of...):
amino acid; aminoalkanoic acid (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group)
Context examples:
The lipid emulsion portion contains soybean oil, medium-chain triglycerides, olive oil and fish oil; the amino acid solution contains alanine, arginine, glycine, histidine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, taurine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, and valine.
(Electrolyte-free Parenteral Nutrition Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
A racemic mixture of proline, an imino acid.
(DL-Proline, NCI Thesaurus)
The catabolism of these amino acids is thus slightly more complicated than glutamine or proline.
(Arginine, Histidine, Glutamate, Glutamine, and Proline Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A long-acting formulation of recombinant interferon alpha subtype 2b (IFN-a2b) protein, in which IFN-a2b is coupled, via proline, to polyethylene glycol (PEG), with antiviral, immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.
(PEG-Proline-Interferon Alfa-2b, NCI Thesaurus)
Proline is important for the proper functioning of joints and tendons and helps maintain and strengthen heart muscles.
(DL-Proline, NCI Thesaurus)
