serine

 

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From Latin sericus (“silken”). The compound was first obtained from silk protein, a particularly rich source, in 1865.

serine (countable and uncountable, plural serines)

1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, CH₂OH.CH(NH₂)COOH, found in most animal proteins, notably silk.

• Ser

• phosphatidylserine

• Eisner, Riesen, irenes, seiner, serein, sirene

• Homophones: serinent, serines

serine

1. inflection of seriner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

serine f

1. plural of serina

• resine, sereni, sirene