ABSP - Amino Acids

Amino Acids

Words

alanin alanine	an amino acid, a common constituent of proteins.
arginine	one of the essential amino acids.
asparagine	an amino acid found in asparagus and other vegetables.
aspartic	as in aspartic acid, an amino acid found in young sugar-cane, etc, and formed by the hydrolysis of ASPARAGINE.
bombesin	a combination of amino acids.
citrulline	an amino acid formed as an intermediate in the production of urea.
cystein cysteine	an amino acid that oxidizes to CYSTINE.
cysteinic	relating to CYSTEINE.
cystine	the dimer resulting from oxidation of the amino acid CYSTEINE, that forms a disulphide bridge in proteins, esp. KERATIN.
deaminate deaminise deaminize	to remove the amino acid from a compound. N.B. there is no AMINATE, AMINISE or AMINIZE*.
dipeptide	a PEPTIDE formed by the combination of two amino acids.
domoic	as in domoic acid, a poisonous amino acid found in marine algae.
dopa	a naturally-occurring amino acid, a form of which, L-dopa, is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
ethionine	an amino acid.
glutamic glutaminic	as in glutamic acid, an important amino acid, a constituent of most proteins.
glutamine	a neutral amino acid found in proteins.
glycin glycine	the simplest amino acid, present in proteins, a sweetish colourless crystalline solid first prepared from glue, formerly known as GLYCOCOLL.
glycocoll	another name for GLYCINE.
histidin histidine	an amino acid found in proteins.
hydroxyproline	an amino acid.
isoleucine	an essential amino acid.
leucin leucine	an essential amino-acid, a product of protein hydrolysis.
lysine	an amino acid.
methionine	an essential sulphur-bearing amino acid.
penicillamine	an amino acid obtained from penicillins, used especially in the treatment of cystinuria, rheumatoid arthritis, and poisoning by metals (as copper or lead).
peptid peptide	any of a number of substances formed from amino acids in which the amino group of one is joined to the carboxyl group of another.
peptidic	relating to a PEPTIDE, a combination of amino acids.
phenylalanin phenylalanine	an essential amino-acid present in most proteins.
proline	an amino acid commonly occurring in proteins.
serine	a polar amino acid found in protein and synthesized in the body.
threonine	an essential amino acid.
tryptophan tryptophane	an essential amino acid.
tyrosine	an amino acid formed by decomposition of proteins, first obtained from cheese.
valine	an amino acid essential to health and growth in humans and vertebrate animals.

Data Protection Act: In joining the ABSP I accept that personal information relating to Scrabble, including my rating and my photograph, may appear on the ABSP website and in ABSP publications. I accept that the ABSP will not be responsible for use or misuse of personal information.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A. by Hasbro Inc., in Canada by Hasbro Canada Inc. and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Ltd. of Maidenhead SL6 4UB, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro or Hasbro Canada.