Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An essential amino acid, C6H9N3O2, important for tissue growth and repair.

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  • noun biochemistry An essential amino acid C6H9N3O2 found in most animal proteins; essential for tissue growth and repair.

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  • noun an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue

Etymologies

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[hist(o)– + –id(e) + –ine.]

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histo-

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Examples

  • By re-programming the code of a DNA molecule, e.g. changing the word CAC to GAC, it would be possible to obtain a protein in which the amino acid histidine is replaced by the amino acid aspartic acid.

    Press Release: The 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1993

  • The gene containing the bacteria's LOV domain also codes for a signaling protein called a histidine kinase.

    News from The Scientist 2009

  • The gene containing the bacteria's LOV domain also codes for a signaling protein called a histidine kinase.

    News from The Scientist 2009

  • Amino acids, such as histidine, produced by pathways related to nucleotide metabolism, but not found in spark-tube experiments, are in fact excellent candidates for inclusion because they interact well with the RNA that must be present.

    An Interesting Pattern 2008

  • P. falciparum cultures should be evaluated, and the putative implication of particular ROS determined using reversible inhibitors such as histidine, tryptophan, superoxide dismutase and/or catalase, to indicate which oxygen radicals, if any, are involved

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Charlotte Joos et al. 2010

  • The amino acids are arginine, histidine, isoleucine, lysine and methionine.

    The Burning Wire Jeffery Deaver 2010

  • The amino acids are arginine, histidine, isoleucine, lysine and methionine.

    The Burning Wire Jeffery Deaver 2010

  • A2 cows produce this protein with a proline at number 67, whereas A1 cows have a mutated proline amino acid, which converts it to histidine.

    Dr. Joseph Mercola: Why You Shouldn't Drink Pasteurized Milk 2010

  • This idea is reemphasized here in the finding that amino acids with complex biosyntheses, like tryptophan, histidine, and arginine, were included in the presumably primordial stereochemical core of the genetic code.

    An Interesting Pattern 2008

  • The main sources of histidine are all root and green leafy vegetables.

    Amino acids and Their Importance to Human Health 2009

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