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arginine

/ahr-juh-neen, -nahyn, -nin/US // ˈɑr dʒəˌnin, -ˌnaɪn, -nɪn //UK // (ˈɑːdʒɪˌnaɪn) //

精氨酸,精酸,亚精氨酸,精髓

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Biochemistry.

    • : an essential amino acid, C6H14N4O2: the free amino acid increases insulin secretion and is converted to urea in the liver by arginase. Abbreviation: Arg; Symbol: R

Examples

  • Rather, the pandemic virus uses that codon about 3 percent of the time that its genome calls for arginine—not common, but not impossibly scarce either—and, importantly, that other coronaviruses make use of it too, at similar or greater frequency.

  • There are actually six different codons for arginine, and the one found in a particular region of the SARS-CoV-2 genome called the furin cleavage site does occur less frequently in viruses than it does in the human genome.

  • They are rich in glutamine, lysine, and arginine, though low in EAA methionine.

  • In vertebrates, the basis for the phosphoric acid is creatine, whereas invertebrates have arginine instead.