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thre·o·nine

(thrē′ə-nēn′, -nĭn)

A colorless crystalline amino acid, C₄H₉NO₃, that is obtained from the hydrolysis of protein and is an essential component of human nutrition.

[Probably from threose, a kind of sugar (alteration of erythrose : erythro- + -ose) + -ine.]

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threonine

(ˈθriːəˌniːn; -nɪn)

(Biochemistry) an essential amino acid that occurs in certain proteins

[C20 threon-, probably from Greek eruthron, from eruthros red (see erythro-) + -ine²]

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thre•o•nine

(ˈθri əˌnin, -nɪn)

n.

an essential amino acid, CH₃CHOHCH(NH₂)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins. Symbol: T Abbr.: Thr

[1936; threon- (alter. of Greek erythrón, neuter of erythrós red; see erythro-) + -ine²]

thre·o·nine

(thrē′ə-nēn′)

An essential amino acid. See more at amino acid.

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threonine - a colorless crystalline amino acid found in protein; occurs in the hydrolysates of certain proteins; an essential component of human nutrition

essential amino acid - an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet

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Threonin

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coli), as well as the proBNP nonglycosylated at threonine 71 (proBNP-T71A), but failed to process the proBNP-WT modified by O-glycans at threonine 71.

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(7), (8) The glycogenic amino acids in humans include glycine, serine, threonine, valine, histidine.

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He offers a conformational and structural investigation of hydrochlorides, hydrogensquarates, and ester amides of squaric acid of the following amino acids: alanine, arginine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, tyrosine, prolin, serine, and valine.

Quantum chemical, spectroscopic and structural study of hydrochlorides, hydrogens squarates and ester amides of squaric acid of amina

Further, we have identified T53 as ERK1 phosphorylation site on N-DAT in vitro and localized the threonine phosphorylation in an N-terminal portion of striatal DAT in vivo.

ERK 1 phosphorylates N-terminal tail domain of rat dopamine transporter on threonine-53 in vitro

The other resistant mutation is due to a threonine to isoleucine change at amino acid residue 942.

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The exceptions were the concentrations of threonine that were lower and those of lysine and histidine, which were higher.

Comparison of two dietary markers in the determination of amino acid digestibility in some foodstuffs for growing broiler chickens

The insertion in the HA protein sequence from the Fraser Valley isolates does not conform to the consensus motif (R-X-R/K-R*-G-L-F) for an HA1 HA2 connecting peptide in HPAI viruses because a threonine is at the -2 position.

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Constitutive NO inhibition was accompanied by increased [Thr.sup.495] (threonine at codon 495) phosphorylation of eNOS, which would inhibit eNOS activity.

Vanadyl sulfate inhibits NO production via threonine phosphorylation of eNOS

The construction scheme for the ES114 auxotrophs involved a genomic approach--targeting specific genes in the biosynthetic pathways for lysine, cysteine, serine, methionine, and threonine and amplifying with PCR.

Construction, characterization, and colonization of Vibrio fischeri amino acid auxotrophs. (Environmental Poster Session 10:00 AM-11:00 AM)

Crystal structure of a cyclic AMP-independent mutant of catabolite gene activator protein in which Ala144 is replaced by threonine was determined at 2.4 A resolution (31).