leucine (Leu)

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• leucine [Leu] — leucine [Leu]. См. лейцин [Лей]. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

• Leucine — Leu cine (l[=oo] s[=e]n), Leucin Leu cin(l[=u] s[i^]n), n. [Gr. leyko s white.] (Physiol. Chem.) a naturally occurring alpha amino acid ({(CH3)2CH.CH2.CH(NH2) COOH}), one of the building units of almost all proteins of living organisms, both… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Leucine — L ou S(+) leucine D ou R( ) leucine Général …   Wikipédia en Français

• Leu — may refer to:*Moldovan leu, the currency of Moldova *Romanian leu, the currency of Romania *Evelyne Leu (b. 1976), a Swiss freestyle skier *Mihai Leu (b. 1968), a Romanian boxer *Low enriched uranium, abbreviated LEU *Leucine, an amino acid with… …   Wikipedia

• leucine-enkephalin — leu·cine en·keph·a·lin lü .sēn en kef ə lən n a pentapeptide having a terminal leucine residue that is one of the two enkephalins occurring naturally in the brain called also Leu enkephalin …   Medical dictionary

• leucine aminopeptidase — n an aminopeptidase that cleaves terminal amino acid residues and esp. leucine from protein chains, is found in all bodily tissues, and is increased in the serum in some conditions or diseases (as pancreatic carcinoma) * * * (LAP) leu·cine… …   Medical dictionary

• Leu-enkephalin — Leu en·keph·a·lin .lü en kef ə lən n LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN Each boldface word in the list below is a chiefly British variant of the word to its right in small capitals. leukaemia LEUKEMIA leukaemic LEUKEMIC leukaemid LEUKEMID leukaemogen LEUKEMOGEN… …   Medical dictionary

• leucine — leu•cine [[t]ˈlu sin, sɪn[/t]] n. biochem. one of the essential amino acids, (CH3)2CHCH2CH(NH2)COOpresent in most proteins Abbr.: Leu;Symbol.:L II, 3) • Etymology: < F (1820) < Gkleuk(ós)white + F ine ine I …   From formal English to slang

• leu|cine — «LOO seen, sihn», noun. Biochemistry. a white, crystalline amino acid produced in several ways, especially by the digestion of proteins by the pancreatic enzymes. Leucine is essential in nutrition. Formula: C6H13NO2 ╂[< leuc + ine2] …   Useful english dictionary

• leucine — (= leu; L; 2 amino 4 methylpentanoic acid; 131 D) The most abundant amino acid found in proteins. Confers hydrophobicity and has a structural rather than a chemical role …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• leucine — (leu si n ) s. f. Terme de chimie. Principe existant dans le tissu pulmonaire et dans le sang. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Terme grec signifiant blanc, et la finale chimique ine …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré