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Definition: Lysine |
LysineNoun1. An essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | An essential amino acid. It is often added to animal feed. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Lysine is one of the 20 most common natural amino acids on Earth. Lysine is directly coded for in DNA. Nutritionally, in humans, lysine is an essential amino acid. Lysine can be used as a nutritional supplement to help against herpes.
Lysine the limiting amino acid in all cereal grains, but is plentiful in all pulses. Plants which contain significant amounts of lysine include:
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lysine."
Crosswords: Lysine |
| English words defined with "lysine": lysine intolerance, lysinemia. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "lysine": 2-Aminoadipic Acid ♦ Cystinuria ♦ Desmosine ♦ Hemoglobin C, Hemoglobin E, Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, Histones, Homoserine Dehydrogenase, Hydroxylysine ♦ Interferon Alfa-2a, Isodesmosine ♦ Leucyl Aminopeptidase, Lysine Carboxypeptidase, Lysine Hydrochloride, Lysine-tRNA Ligase ♦ Polylysine, Procollagen, Protein-Glutamine gamma-Glutamyltransferase ♦ RNA, Transfer, Lys. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Lysine" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (lysin). |
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 | Reactions in lysine iron agar stab cultures. Credit: CDC. |  | More nutritious rice could come from descendants of these plants, whose ancestors were grown by Gideon Schaeffer from tissue-cultured cells specially selected for their high lysine content. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
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Business | A Japanese company also invested in Sichuan and Jinan province to produce lysine and choline chloride. (references) | |
Therefore, China needs to import $100 million worth of food additives every year. These imports include sorbitol, dextrin and dematured starch, polyols, lysine, glutamic acid, MSG, propylene glycol, and enzyme preparations, among others. (references) | ||
Economic History | South Africa | Other prospects in the chemical industry include bio-technology where current industry activities are restricted to lysine, enzymes and vaccines production. (references) |
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| "Lysine" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.17% of the time. "Lysine" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 79.17% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 12.5% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.17% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "lysine": Lysine Carboxypeptidase ♦ Lysine Hydrochloride ♦ lysine intolerance. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "lysine": lysine-to-arginine, Lysine-tRNA, Lysine-tRNA Ligase. | |
Ending with "lysine": l-lysine, poly-d-lysine, poly-L-lysine. | |
Containing "lysine": Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "lysine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 赖氨酸 (lysin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | lysin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lysine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lysiini. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lysine (lysin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Lysin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | λυσίνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lisina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | リサジューの図形 (fracture, Lissajous's figure, list, list broker, listing, lithograph, lizard, lizardman, reconstruction, reject, reserve, restart, restore, restructure, restructuring, result, resurrection, RISC, risk, risk control, risk factor, risk finance, squirrel, wrist, wristband). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | リジン . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ysinelay lisina. (various references) lisina. (various references) lysin. (various references) lizin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "lysine": lysines. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "lysine": polylysine. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lysine": polylysines. (additional references) | |
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"Lysine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cystiene, Dysynni, Lasinio, limine, Lisanne, Liseanne, liseen, lisone, lycan, lydien, lydite, Lyminge, lyscine, lysene, lysin, lysing. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lysine" (pronounced lī"sēn) |
| 3 | -s ē n | pyroxene. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: linsey. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-n-s-y" | |
-1 letter: lenis, liens, lines, liney, lysin. | |
-2 letters: inly, isle, leis, lens, leys, lien, lies, line, lins, liny, lyes, lyse, nils, sine, snye, syli, syne, yens, yins. | |
-3 letters: els, ens, ins, lei, ley, lie, lin, lis, lye, nil, sei, sel, sen, sin, sly, syn, yen, yes, yin. | |
-4 letters: el, en, es, in, is, li, ne, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-n-s-y" | |
+1 letter: bylines, elysian, linseys, lysines, myelins, skyline, snidely, sylvine, yeelins. | |
+2 letters: byliners, ethinyls, gleyings, glycines, guylines, hyalines, inlayers, insanely, myelines, saliency, senilely, senility, sensibly, silently, skylines, sneakily, supinely, sylvines, syncline, tensibly, tinselly, uneasily, unwisely, yealings. | |
+3 letters: asininely, biphenyls, concisely, cylinders, diphenyls, encyclics, enviously, eyeliners, gingeleys, glycerins, heinously, hemolysin, immensely, intensely, interlays, inversely, layerings, lychnises, lyonnaise, lysogenic, mylonites, noisomely, pensively, restyling, saliently, sapiently, searingly, seemingly, seminally, sibylline, sincerely, sinlessly, solemnify, solemnity, splintery, sylvanite, synclines, teasingly, tensility, unicycles, winsomely, xylidines, yeanlings, yearlings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 79 73 69 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. -.--. ... .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01111001 01110011 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L y s i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0079 0073 0069 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)469185758071 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , chinês, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, dinamarquês, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, holandês, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, finlandês, finês, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , francês, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , alemão, alemán, tysk, alman |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", grego, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonês, japonés, japansk, Japonca |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", português, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , espanhol, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, inglês, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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