Proline Definition

prōlēn
prolines
noun
A nonessential amino acid, C4H8NCOOH, formed by the decomposition of proteins.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Proline

Noun

Singular:
proline
Plural:
prolines

Origin of Proline

  • Short for pyrrolidine one of its constituents pyrrol(e) –id(e) –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • pyrrolidine

    From Wiktionary

Proline Sentence Examples

  • Thus, the researchers suggest that young untransformed petunias are hypersensitive to sudden increase in proline.

  • The only cyclic but non-aromatic amino acid is proline.

  • Our initial studies focused on the amino acid proline.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

ENEINE

Unscrambles

proline

Words Starting With P and Ending With E

Starts With P & Ends With EStarts With PR & Ends With EStarts With P & Ends With NE

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With P7 Letter Words Ending With E