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HYDROXYLYSINE

Specialty Definition: HYDROXYLYSINE

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A hydroxylated derivative of the amino acid lysine that is present in certain collagens. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Hydroxylysine

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Hydroxylysine is an amino acid, C6H14N2O3. It is most widely known as a component of collagen. A standard amino acid with the R' group consisting of an amino terminated butyl hydrocarbon chain, with a hydroxyl group on the carbon atom before the amino group. See also lysine which lacks the hydroxyl group of hydrolysine.

Structure is: NH2 - CH2 - CHOH - CH2 - CH2 - C2H4NO2

Number of hydrogens vary due to carboxyl/amino groups and the acidity or alkilinity of their sorroundings

See 9514267990/html/x319.html" class="external">http://herkules.oulu.fi/isbn9514267990/html/x319.html for more in depth information about the biological context of this amino acid.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hydroxylysine."

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Crosswords: HYDROXYLYSINE

Specialty definitions using "HYDROXYLYSINE": Tropocollagen. (references)

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Modern Translation: HYDROXYLYSINE

Language Translations for "HYDROXYLYSINE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

hydroxylysin. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hydroxylysine. (various references)

   

French

  

hydroxylysine. (various references)

   

German

  

Hydroxylysin. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υδροξυλυσίνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

idrossilisina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ydroxylysinehay

   

Portuguese

  

hidroxilisina. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hidroxilisina. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hydroxylysin. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HYDROXYLYSINE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-h-i-l-n-o-r-s-x-y-y-y"

-4 letters: hydroxyls.

-5 letters: hordeins, hydroxyl, indoxyls, soldiery.

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