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Glycine, the Glossary

Index Glycine

Glycine (symbol Gly or G) is an amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain.[1]

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  1. 151 relations: Acetic acid, Aceturic acid, Agonist, Almond, Alpha helix, Amine, Amino acid, Amino acid neurotransmitter, Aminolevulinic acid synthase, Ammonia, Ammonium chloride, Amphoterism, Ancient Greek, Antibiotic, Auguste André Thomas Cahours, Autophagy, Ball-and-stick model, Benzoyl-CoA, Bicuculline, Bile acid, Brainstem, Butyrate—CoA ligase, Carbamic acid, Carboxylic acid, Central nervous system, Chemical formula, Chirality (chemistry), Chloride, Chloroacetic acid, Choline, Clostridium tetani, Collagen, Copper(II) glycinate, Crustacean, Cucurbita, D-amino acid oxidase, Diethyl ether, Diketopiperazine, Eben Norton Horsford, Ethanol, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, Eukaryote, Food and Drug Administration, Gelatin, Generally recognized as safe, Genetic code, Glucose, Glutamatergic, Glutamic acid, Glycine cleavage system, ... Expand index (101 more) »

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Acetic acid

Acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid, is an acidic, colourless liquid and organic compound with the chemical formula (also written as,, or). Vinegar is at least 4% acetic acid by volume, making acetic acid the main component of vinegar apart from water. Glycine and acetic acid are e-number additives.

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Aceturic acid

Aceturic acid (N-acetylglycine) is a derivative of the amino acid glycine.

See Glycine and Aceturic acid

Agonist

An agonist is a chemical that activates a receptor to produce a biological response.

See Glycine and Agonist

Almond

The almond (Prunus amygdalus, syn. Prunus dulcis) is a species of tree from the genus Prunus.

See Glycine and Almond

Alpha helix

An alpha helix (or α-helix) is a sequence of amino acids in a protein that are twisted into a coil (a helix).

See Glycine and Alpha helix

Amine

In chemistry, amines are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair.

See Glycine and Amine

Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.

See Glycine and Amino acid

Amino acid neurotransmitter

An amino acid neurotransmitter is an amino acid which is able to transmit a nerve message across a synapse.

See Glycine and Amino acid neurotransmitter

Aminolevulinic acid synthase

Aminolevulinic acid synthase (ALA synthase, ALAS, or delta-aminolevulinic acid synthase) is an enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of δ-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) the first common precursor in the biosynthesis of all tetrapyrroles such as hemes, cobalamins and chlorophylls.

See Glycine and Aminolevulinic acid synthase

Ammonia

Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.

See Glycine and Ammonia

Ammonium chloride

Ammonium chloride is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula, also written as.

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Amphoterism

In chemistry, an amphoteric compound is a molecule or ion that can react both as an acid and as a base.

See Glycine and Amphoterism

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.

See Glycine and Ancient Greek

Antibiotic

An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria.

See Glycine and Antibiotic

Auguste André Thomas Cahours

August André Thomas Cahours (1813–1891) was a French chemist and scientist whose contribution to organic chemistry was one of the greatest in history.

See Glycine and Auguste André Thomas Cahours

Autophagy

Autophagy (or autophagocytosis; from the Ancient Greek αὐτόφαγος,, meaning "self-devouring" and κύτος,, meaning "hollow") is the natural, conserved degradation of the cell that removes unnecessary or dysfunctional components through a lysosome-dependent regulated mechanism.

See Glycine and Autophagy

Ball-and-stick model

In chemistry, the ball-and-stick model is a molecular model of a chemical substance which displays both the three-dimensional position of the atoms and the bonds between them.

See Glycine and Ball-and-stick model

Benzoyl-CoA

Benzoyl-CoA is the thioester derived from benzoic acid and coenzyme A. The term benzoyl-CoA also include diverse conjugates of coenzyme A and aromatic carboxylic acids.

See Glycine and Benzoyl-CoA

Bicuculline

Bicuculline is a phthalide-isoquinoline compound that is a light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABAA receptors.

See Glycine and Bicuculline

Bile acid

Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals and other vertebrates.

See Glycine and Bile acid

Brainstem

The brainstem (or brain stem) is the stalk-like part of the brain that connects the forebrain (the cerebrum and diencephalon) with the spinal cord.

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Butyrate—CoA ligase

Butyrate—CoA ligase, also known as xenobiotic/medium-chain fatty acid-ligase (XM-ligase), is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction: The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP, carboxylic acid, and CoA, whereas its 3 products are AMP, diphosphate, and acyl-CoA.

See Glycine and Butyrate—CoA ligase

Carbamic acid

Carbamic acid, which might also be called aminoformic acid or aminocarboxylic acid, is the chemical compound with the formula.

See Glycine and Carbamic acid

Carboxylic acid

In organic chemistry, a carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group attached to an R-group.

See Glycine and Carboxylic acid

Central nervous system

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain and spinal cord.

See Glycine and Central nervous system

Chemical formula

A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.

See Glycine and Chemical formula

Chirality (chemistry)

In chemistry, a molecule or ion is called chiral if it cannot be superposed on its mirror image by any combination of rotations, translations, and some conformational changes.

See Glycine and Chirality (chemistry)

Chloride

The term chloride refers to a compound or molecule that contains either a chlorine ion, which is a negatively charged chlorine atom, or a non-charged chlorine atom covalently bonded to the rest of the molecule by a single bond.

See Glycine and Chloride

Chloroacetic acid

Chloroacetic acid, industrially known as monochloroacetic acid (MCA), is the organochlorine compound with the formula.

See Glycine and Chloroacetic acid

Choline

Choline is an essential nutrient for humans and many other animals, which was formerly classified as a B vitamin (vitamin B4).

See Glycine and Choline

Clostridium tetani

Clostridium tetani is a common soil bacterium and the causative agent of tetanus.

See Glycine and Clostridium tetani

Collagen

Collagen is the main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of a body's various connective tissues.

See Glycine and Collagen

Copper(II) glycinate

Copper(II) glycinate (IUPAC suggested name: bis(glycinato)copper(II)) refers to the coordination complex of copper(II) with two equivalents of glycinate, with the formula where x.

See Glycine and Copper(II) glycinate

Crustacean

Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.

See Glycine and Crustacean

Cucurbita

gourd is a genus of herbaceous fruits in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae (also known as cucurbits or cucurbi), native to the Andes and Mesoamerica.

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D-amino acid oxidase

D-amino acid oxidase (DAAO; also OXDA or DAMOX) is an enzyme with the function on a molecular level to oxidize D-amino acids to the corresponding α-keto acids, producing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide.

See Glycine and D-amino acid oxidase

Diethyl ether

Diethyl ether, or simply ether, is an organic compound with the chemical formula, sometimes abbreviated as. Glycine and Diethyl ether are glycine receptor agonists.

See Glycine and Diethyl ether

Diketopiperazine

A diketopiperazine (DKP), also known as a dioxopiperazine or piperazinedione, is a class of organic compounds related to piperazine but containing two amide linkages.

See Glycine and Diketopiperazine

Eben Norton Horsford

Eben Norton Horsford (July 27, 1818 – January 1, 1893) was an American scientist who taught agricultural chemistry in the Lawrence Scientific School at Harvard from 1847 to 1863.

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Ethanol

Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.

See Glycine and Ethanol

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), also called EDTA acid after its own abbreviation, is an aminopolycarboxylic acid with the formula 2. Glycine and Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid are e-number additives.

See Glycine and Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid

Eukaryote

The eukaryotes constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.

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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Gelatin

Gelatin or gelatine is a translucent, colorless, flavorless food ingredient, commonly derived from collagen taken from animal body parts.

See Glycine and Gelatin

Generally recognized as safe

Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) is a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designation that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by experts under the conditions of its intended use.

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Genetic code

The genetic code is the set of rules used by living cells to translate information encoded within genetic material (DNA or RNA sequences of nucleotide triplets, or codons) into proteins.

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Glucose

Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula.

See Glycine and Glucose

Glutamatergic

Glutamatergic means "related to glutamate".

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Glutamic acid

Glutamic acid (symbol Glu or E; the anionic form is known as glutamate) is an α-amino acid that is used by almost all living beings in the biosynthesis of proteins. Glycine and Glutamic acid are e-number additives, flavor enhancers, Glucogenic amino acids, glycine receptor agonists and Proteinogenic amino acids.

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Glycine cleavage system

The glycine cleavage system (GCS) is also known as the glycine decarboxylase complex or GDC.

See Glycine and Glycine cleavage system

Glycine methyl ester hydrochloride

Glycine methyl ester hydrochloride is the organic compound with the formula Cl.

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Glycine N-acyltransferase

In enzymology, a glycine N-acyltransferase (GLYAT), also known as acyl-CoA:glycine N-acyltransferase (ACGNAT), is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are acyl-CoA and glycine, whereas its two products are CoA and N-acylglycine.

See Glycine and Glycine N-acyltransferase

Glycine receptor

The glycine receptor (abbreviated as GlyR or GLR) is the receptor of the amino acid neurotransmitter glycine.

See Glycine and Glycine receptor

Glycolic acid

Glycolic acid (or hydroxyacetic acid; chemical formula) is a colorless, odorless and hygroscopic crystalline solid, highly soluble in water.

See Glycine and Glycolic acid

Glycoprotein

Glycoproteins are proteins which contain oligosaccharide (sugar) chains covalently attached to amino acid side-chains.

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Glycylglycine

Glycylglycine is the dipeptide of glycine, making it the simplest peptide.

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Glyoxylic acid

Glyoxylic acid or oxoacetic acid is an organic compound.

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Glyphosate

Glyphosate (IUPAC name: N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant.

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Henri Braconnot

Henri Braconnot (29 May 178013 January 1855) was a French chemist and pharmacist.

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Herbicide

Herbicides, also commonly known as weed killers, are substances used to control undesired plants, also known as weeds.

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Hippuric acid

Hippuric acid (Gr. hippos, horse, ouron, urine) is a carboxylic acid and organic compound.

See Glycine and Hippuric acid

Hydrochloride

In chemistry, a hydrochloride is an acid salt resulting, or regarded as resulting, from the reaction of hydrochloric acid with an organic base (e.g. an amine).

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Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1. Glycine and Hydrogen are e-number additives.

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Hydrolyzed protein

Hydrolyzed protein is a solution derived from the hydrolysis of a protein into its component amino acids and peptides.

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Hydrophile

A hydrophile is a molecule or other molecular entity that is attracted to water molecules and tends to be dissolved by water.

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Hydrophobe

In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the physical property of a molecule that is seemingly repelled from a mass of water (known as a hydrophobe).

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Hydroxyproline

(2S,4R)-4-Hydroxyproline, or L-hydroxyproline (C5H9O3N), is an amino acid, abbreviated as Hyp or O, e.g., in Protein Data Bank.

See Glycine and Hydroxyproline

Imiprothrin

Imiprothrin is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide.

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Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

An inhibitory postsynaptic potential (IPSP) is a kind of synaptic potential that makes a postsynaptic neuron less likely to generate an action potential.

See Glycine and Inhibitory postsynaptic potential

Interstellar medium

The interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy.

See Glycine and Interstellar medium

Intravenous therapy

Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein.

See Glycine and Intravenous therapy

Iodomethane

Iodomethane, also called methyl iodide, and commonly abbreviated "MeI", is the chemical compound with the formula CH3I.

See Glycine and Iodomethane

Iprodione

Iprodione is a hydantoin fungicide and nematicide.

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Jöns Jacob Berzelius

Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius ((20 August 1779 – 7 August 1848) was a Swedish chemist. In general, he is considered the last person to know the whole field of chemistry. Berzelius is considered, along with Robert Boyle, John Dalton, and Antoine Lavoisier, to be one of the founders of modern chemistry.

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Jean-Baptiste Boussingault

Jean-Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault (2 February 1801 – 11 May 1887) was a French chemist who made significant contributions to agricultural science, petroleum science and metallurgy.

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Journal of Archaeological Science

The Journal of Archaeological Science is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers "the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology".

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Juglans cinerea

Juglans cinerea, commonly known as butternut or white walnut,Snow, Charles Henry.

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Justus von Liebig

Justus Freiherr (Baron) von Liebig (12 May 1803 – 20 April 1873) was a German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural and biological chemistry; he is considered one of the principal founders of organic chemistry.

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Lactate dehydrogenase

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH or LD) is an enzyme found in nearly all living cells.

See Glycine and Lactate dehydrogenase

Leek

A leek is a vegetable, a cultivar of Allium ampeloprasum, the broadleaf wild leek (syn. Allium porrum).

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Life extension

Life extension is the concept of extending the human lifespan, either modestly through improvements in medicine or dramatically by increasing the maximum lifespan beyond its generally-settled biological limit of around 125 years.

See Glycine and Life extension

Ligand

In coordination chemistry, a ligand is an ion or molecule with a functional group that binds to a central metal atom to form a coordination complex.

See Glycine and Ligand

Low complexity regions in proteins

Low complexity regions (LCRs) in protein sequences, also defined in some contexts as compositionally biased regions (CBRs), are regions in protein sequences that differ from the composition and complexity of most proteins that is normally associated with globular structure.

See Glycine and Low complexity regions in proteins

Mackerel

Mackerel is a common name applied to a number of different species of pelagic fish, mostly from the family Scombridae.

See Glycine and Mackerel

Methionine

Methionine (symbol Met or M) is an essential amino acid in humans. Glycine and Methionine are Glucogenic amino acids and Proteinogenic amino acids.

See Glycine and Methionine

Methylene group

A methylene group is any part of a molecule that consists of two hydrogen atoms bound to a carbon atom, which is connected to the remainder of the molecule by two single bonds.

See Glycine and Methylene group

Molecular geometry

Molecular geometry is the three-dimensional arrangement of the atoms that constitute a molecule.

See Glycine and Molecular geometry

Murchison meteorite

The Murchison meteorite is a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969 near Murchison, Victoria.

See Glycine and Murchison meteorite

Mustard seed

Mustard seeds are the small round seeds of various mustard plants.

See Glycine and Mustard seed

N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid

N-methyl--aspartic acid or N-methyl--aspartate (NMDA) is an amino acid derivative that acts as a specific agonist at the NMDA receptor mimicking the action of glutamate, the neurotransmitter which normally acts at that receptor.

See Glycine and N-Methyl-D-aspartic acid

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British weekly scientific journal founded and based in London, England.

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Neurotransmitter

A neurotransmitter is a signaling molecule secreted by a neuron to affect another cell across a synapse.

See Glycine and Neurotransmitter

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a coenzyme central to metabolism.

See Glycine and Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

Nitrous acid

Nitrous acid (molecular formula) is a weak and monoprotic acid known only in solution, in the gas phase, and in the form of nitrite salts.

See Glycine and Nitrous acid

NMDA receptor

The N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (also known as the NMDA receptor or NMDAR), is a glutamate receptor and predominantly Ca2+ ion channel found in neurons.

See Glycine and NMDA receptor

Oxalate

Oxalate (systematic IUPAC name: ethanedioate) is an anion with the chemical formula formula.

See Glycine and Oxalate

Parmesan

Parmesan (italics) is an Italian hard, granular cheese produced from cow's milk and aged at least 12 months or, outside the European Union, a locally produced imitation.

See Glycine and Parmesan

Peanut

The peanut (Arachis hypogaea), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), goober pea, pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds.

See Glycine and Peanut

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) is a technique widely used in biochemistry, forensic chemistry, genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology to separate biological macromolecules, usually proteins or nucleic acids, according to their electrophoretic mobility.

See Glycine and Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

Pork rind

Pork rind is the culinary term for the skin of a pig.

See Glycine and Pork rind

Porphyrin

Porphyrins are a group of heterocyclic macrocycle organic compounds, composed of four modified pyrrole subunits interconnected at their α carbon atoms via methine bridges (.

See Glycine and Porphyrin

Protein precursor

A protein precursor, also called a pro-protein or pro-peptide, is an inactive protein (or peptide) that can be turned into an active form by post-translational modification, such as breaking off a piece of the molecule or adding on another molecule.

See Glycine and Protein precursor

Protein secondary structure

Protein secondary structure is the local spatial conformation of the polypeptide backbone excluding the side chains.

See Glycine and Protein secondary structure

Protein supplement

A protein supplement is a dietary supplement or a bodybuilding supplement, and usually comes in the form of a protein bar, protein powder, and even readily available as a protein shake.

See Glycine and Protein supplement

Proteinogenic amino acid

Proteinogenic amino acids are amino acids that are incorporated biosynthetically into proteins during translation. Glycine and Proteinogenic amino acid are Proteinogenic amino acids.

See Glycine and Proteinogenic amino acid

Pseudo-panspermia

Pseudo-panspermia (sometimes called soft panspermia, molecular panspermia or quasi-panspermia) is a well-supported hypothesis for a stage in the origin of life.

See Glycine and Pseudo-panspermia

Pumpkin

A pumpkin is a cultivated winter squash in the genus Cucurbita.

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Purine

Purine is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound that consists of two rings (pyrimidine and imidazole) fused together.

See Glycine and Purine

Pyridine

Pyridine is a basic heterocyclic organic compound with the chemical formula.

See Glycine and Pyridine

Pyridoxal phosphate

Pyridoxal phosphate (PLP, pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, P5P), the active form of vitamin B6, is a coenzyme in a variety of enzymatic reactions.

See Glycine and Pyridoxal phosphate

Pyruvic acid

Pyruvic acid (IUPAC name: 2-oxopropanoic acid, also called acetoic acid) (CH3COCOOH) is the simplest of the alpha-keto acids, with a carboxylic acid and a ketone functional group.

See Glycine and Pyruvic acid

Retina

The retina (or retinas) is the innermost, light-sensitive layer of tissue of the eye of most vertebrates and some molluscs.

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Reversible reaction

A reversible reaction is a reaction in which the conversion of reactants to products and the conversion of products to reactants occur simultaneously.

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Rosetta (spacecraft)

Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004.

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Saccharin

Saccharin, also called saccharine, benzosulfimide, or E954, or used in saccharin sodium or saccharin calcium forms, is a non-nutritive artificial sweetener. Glycine and saccharin are e-number additives.

See Glycine and Saccharin

Salami

Salami is a cured sausage consisting of fermented and air-dried meat, typically pork.

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Serine

Serine (symbol Ser or S) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Glycine and Serine are Glucogenic amino acids, glycine receptor agonists, inhibitory amino acids, NMDA receptor agonists and Proteinogenic amino acids.

See Glycine and Serine

Serine dehydratase

Serine dehydratase or L-serine ammonia lyase (SDH) is in the β-family of pyridoxal phosphate-dependent (PLP) enzymes.

See Glycine and Serine dehydratase

Serine hydroxymethyltransferase

Serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) is a pyridoxal phosphate (PLP) (Vitamin B6) dependent enzyme which plays an important role in cellular one-carbon pathways by catalyzing the reversible, simultaneous conversions of L-serine to glycine and tetrahydrofolate (THF) to 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate (5,10-CH2-THF).

See Glycine and Serine hydroxymethyltransferase

Sesame

Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a plant in the genus Sesamum, also called simsim, benne or gingelly.

See Glycine and Sesame

Side chain

In organic chemistry and biochemistry, a side chain is a chemical group that is attached to a core part of the molecule called the "main chain" or backbone.

See Glycine and Side chain

Skeletal formula

The skeletal formula, line-angle formula, bond-line formula or shorthand formula of an organic compound is a type of molecular structural formula that serves as a shorthand representation of a molecule's bonding and some details of its molecular geometry.

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Sodium benzoate

Sodium benzoate also known as benzoate of soda is the sodium salt of benzoic acid, widely used as a food preservative (with an E number of E211) and a pickling agent. Glycine and sodium benzoate are e-number additives.

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Solar System

The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies.

See Glycine and Solar System

Soybean

The soybean, soy bean, or soya bean (Glycine max) is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses.

See Glycine and Soybean

Space-filling model

In chemistry, a space-filling model, also known as a calotte model, is a type of three-dimensional (3D) molecular model where the atoms are represented by spheres whose radii are proportional to the radii of the atoms and whose center-to-center distances are proportional to the distances between the atomic nuclei, all in the same scale.

See Glycine and Space-filling model

Spasticity

Spasticity is a feature of altered skeletal muscle performance with a combination of paralysis, increased tendon reflex activity, and hypertonia.

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Spinal cord

The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone) of vertebrate animals.

See Glycine and Spinal cord

Stardust (spacecraft)

Stardust was a 385-kilogram robotic space probe launched by NASA on 7 February 1999.

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Strecker amino acid synthesis

The Strecker amino acid synthesis, also known simply as the Strecker synthesis, is a method for the synthesis of amino acids by the reaction of an aldehyde with cyanide in the presence of ammonia.

See Glycine and Strecker amino acid synthesis

Strychnine

Strychnine (US chiefly) is a highly toxic, colorless, bitter, crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide, particularly for killing small vertebrates such as birds and rodents.

See Glycine and Strychnine

Succinyl-CoA

Succinyl-coenzyme A, abbreviated as succinyl-CoA or SucCoA, is a thioester of succinic acid and coenzyme A.

See Glycine and Succinyl-CoA

Sulfuric acid

Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the molecular formula. Glycine and Sulfuric acid are e-number additives.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Tetrahydrofolic acid

Tetrahydrofolic acid (THFA), or tetrahydrofolate, is a folic acid derivative.

See Glycine and Tetrahydrofolic acid

Thiamphenicol

Thiamphenicol (also known as thiophenicol and dextrosulphenidol) is an antibiotic.

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Threonine

Threonine (symbol Thr or T) is an amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Glycine and Threonine are Glucogenic amino acids, glycine receptor agonists and Proteinogenic amino acids.

See Glycine and Threonine

Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

See Glycine and Tonne

Transition metal amino acid complexes are a large family of coordination complexes containing the conjugate bases of the amino acids, the 2-aminocarboxylates.

See Glycine and Transition metal amino acid complexes

Trimethylglycine

Trimethylglycine is an amino acid derivative that occurs in plants.

See Glycine and Trimethylglycine

United States Pharmacopeia

The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a pharmacopeia (compendium of drug information) for the United States published annually by the over 200-year old United States Pharmacopeial Convention (usually also called the USP), a nonprofit organization that owns the trademark and also owns the copyright on the pharmacopeia itself.

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Van Slyke determination

The Van Slyke determination is a chemical test for the determination of amino acids containing a primary amine group.

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Vertebrate

Vertebrates are deuterostomal animals with bony or cartilaginous axial endoskeleton — known as the vertebral column, spine or backbone — around and along the spinal cord, including all fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

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Western blot

The western blot (sometimes called the protein immunoblot), or western blotting, is a widely used analytical technique in molecular biology and immunogenetics to detect specific proteins in a sample of tissue homogenate or extract.

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Zwitterion

In chemistry, a zwitterion, also called an inner salt or dipolar ion, is a molecule that contains an equal number of positively and negatively charged functional groups.

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2,5-Diketopiperazine

2,5-Diketopiperazine is an organic compound with the formula (NHCH2C(O))2.

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3-Phosphoglyceric acid

3-Phosphoglyceric acid (3PG, 3-PGA, or PGA) is the conjugate acid of 3-phosphoglycerate or glycerate 3-phosphate (GP or G3P).

See Glycine and 3-Phosphoglyceric acid

5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate

5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate (N5,N10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate; 5,10-CH2-THF) is cofactor in several biochemical reactions.

See Glycine and 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate

67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (abbreviated as 67P or 67P/C–G) is a Jupiter-family comet.

See Glycine and 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

81P/Wild

Comet 81P/Wild, also known as Wild 2 (pronounced "vilt two"), is a comet named after Swiss astronomer Paul Wild, who discovered it on January 6, 1978, using a 40-cm Schmidt telescope at Zimmerwald, Switzerland.

See Glycine and 81P/Wild

See also

Flavor enhancers

Glucogenic amino acids

Inhibitory amino acids

NMDA receptor agonists

Proteinogenic amino acids

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycine

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