GLYCINE

glīˈsēn, organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Glycine is the only one of these amino acids that is not optically active, i.e., it does not have d- and l-stereoisomers. It is structurally the simplest of the α-amino acids, having merely a hydrogen atom for a side chain, and is thus very unreactive when incorporated into proteins. Nevertheless, in the free state glycine participates in several important reactions, including the biosynthesis of heme, an important constituent of hemoglobin, and the biosyntheses of serine (another amino acid), purines (constituents of genetic material), and glutathione (a coenzyme). Defects of glycine metabolism are very rare. The amino acid is not essential to the diet since it can be made from other substances in the body. Glycine was the first amino acid to be isolated from a protein, in this case gelatin.

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books on: Glycine  - 344 results

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Currents in Biochemical Research, 1956: Twenty-Seven Essays Charting the Present Course of Biochemical Research and Considering the Intimate Relationship of Biochemistry to Medicine, Physiology, and Biology
Book by David E. Green; Interscience Publishers, 1956
Subjects: Biochemistry--Research
...Processes by Frank M. Huennekens 493 The Biosynthesis of Porphyrins; The Succinate-Glycine Cycle by David Shemin 518 Problems in the Study of Multiple Enzyme Systems by...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Vol. II
Includes: Dramatic Works and Appendices
Book by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ernest Hartley Coleridge; Clarendon Press, 1912
Subjects: Fiction
...A. Questions and Answers in the Court of Love 1109 B. Prose Version of Glycines Song in Zapolya 1109 C. Work without Hope. First Draft. 1110...
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Spiderwebs and Silk: Tracing Evolution from Molecules to Genes to Phenotypes
Book by Catherine L. Craig; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Orb Weavers--Evolution, Silk
...arthropods vary in proportions of alanine, glycine, and serine 165 Direct comparison...amino acids that make up silks are (b) glycine, (c) alanine, and (d) serine. from the...make up silks and fibrous pro- teins : glycine, alanine, and serine. Glycine (figure...
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Biological Transport
Book by Halvor N. Christensen; W.A. Benjamin, 1962
Subjects: Biological Transport
...1954, without explanation, that a prior glycine accumulation in these tumor cells accelerated the subsequent uptake of labeled glycine. In 1958, Heinz and Walsh supplied further results showing that the glycine influx increased linearly with the magnitude...
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Dictionary of Bio-Chemistry and Related Subjects
Book by William Marias Malisoff; Philosophical Library, 1943
Subjects: Biochemistry--Dictionaries
...demonstration that the rabbit could make glycine. The names of F. Gowland Hopkins in...not apply to all animals; for example, glycine is indispensable for the chicken. However...not be supplied in the diet of rats Glycine Lysine Alanine Tryptophane Serine...
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Influences of GABA and Glycine Receptors on Dendritic Excitability in Developing Neocortex
Journal article by Arnold Kriegstein; Developmental Neuropsychology, Vol. 16, 1999
Subjects: Neuropsychology--Periodicals
Influences of GABA and Glycine Receptors on Dendritic Excitability...developmental expression pattern of GABA and glycine receptors in developing neocortical...Neocortical neurons also express functional glycine receptors (GlyRs) at embryonic and postnatal...
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Identification of Putative Gene-Based Markers of Renal Toxicity
Journal article by Rupesh P. Amin, Alison E. Vickers, Frank Sistare, Karol L. Thompson, Richard J. Roman, Michael Lawton, Jeffrey Kramer, Hisham K. Hamadeh, Jennifer Collins, Sherry Grissom, Lee Bennett, C. Jeffrey Tucker, Stacie Wild, Clive Kind, Victor Oreffo, John W. Davis II, Sandra Curtiss, Jorge M. Naciff, Michael Cunningham, Raymond Tennant, James Stevens, Bruce Car, Timothy A. Bertram, Cynthia A. Afshari; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
Subjects: International Life Sciences Institute, Semiconductor devices
...inositol polyphospate multikinase, L-arginine glycine amidinotransferase, prosaposin, lipocalin...reverse = CGGCATITAGGAAT CCGTTCT; L-arginine glycine amidinotransferase (GenBank accession...a transfer buffer (25 mM Tris, 192 mM glycine, and 20% methanol) at 100 volts at 4degreesC...
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Prenatal Lead Exposure and Schizophrenia: A Plausible Neurobiologic Connection
Journal article by Tomas R. Guilarte; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004
Subjects: Pregnant women
...evidence for a common molecular target, the glycine modulatory site of the NMDAR. A proposed mechanism...a divalent cation site associated with the glycine site and allosterically inhibiting glycine binding (Hashemzadeh-Gargari and Guilarte 1999...
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Prolactin Changes as a Consequence of Chemical Exposure: De Burbure and Bernard Respond
Journal article by Claire De Burbure, Alfred Bernard; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 114, 2006
Subjects: Heavy metals
...neurotransmission shown to be dependent on glycine receptor affinity (Marchioro et al. 1996...knock-out mice (Catalano et al. 2005), glycine, and glutamate (Fitsanakis and Aschner...M. 2005. The importance of glutamate, glycine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid transport...
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A Novel Technology to Improve Drinking Water Quality Using Natural Treatment Methods in Rural Tanzania
Journal article by Shaaban Aman Mbogo; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 70, 2008
Subjects: Alum--Comparative analysis, Coagulants (Materials)--Usage, Drinking water--Chemical properties, Water quality management--Methods, Water treatment--Methods, Water--Methods, Water--Purification
...as Vigna unguiculata, Phaseolus mungo, Glycine max, Pisum sativam, and Arachis hypogea...Treatment <br/ Dose Glycine Phaseolus Arachis Pisum Vigna...Treatment <br/ Dose Glycine Phaseolus Arachis Pisum Vigna...
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Genetics Play Role in Response to Asthma Drug
Magazine article; FDA Consumer, Vol. 39, January 2005
Subjects: Antiasthmatic agents--Usage, Asthma--Drug therapy, Genetic research
...the gene (the arginine genotype) to those with glycine versions of the gene (the glycine genotype). Albuterol was used daily--two puffs...weeks compared to their matched partners with the glycine genotype. Also, the arginine participants reported...
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Soybean of Happiness
Magazine article by Dan Imhoff, Peter Warshall; Whole Earth, Summer 1999
Subjects: Soybean--Usage
...cropping pattern creates more US nutrient-pollution and sediment than any of the global monocultures. The wild relative of Glycine max was a rambling plant, growing close to the ground. Sometime around the eleventh century B.C.E., farmers in the winter wheat...
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Ancient Extract: T. Rex Fossil Yields Recognizable Protein
Magazine article by S. Perkins; Science News, Vol. 171, April 14, 2007
Subjects: Proteins--Research, Tyrannosaurus rex--Discovery and exploration
...chemical analysis of bone samples identified many of the amino acids found in collagen. The most common of those substances, glycine and alanine, appeared in a 2.6-to-1 ratio, similar to the 2.5-to-1 ratio of the substances in the collagen of chickens. Finally...
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The Dreary Season: Colds and Flu Are the Other Kind of Indoor Air Pollution, and They Are Costing American Businesses a Fortune
Magazine article by Stephen G. Minter; Occupational Hazards, Vol. 66, January 2004
...dishes or cups with anyone who has a cold will greatly increase your chance of getting the virus. * Use a zinc gluconate glycine product to reduce the duration of a cold. Some studies have shown that they can reduce the duration of a cold by almost half...
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Battle of the Diet Books II
Magazine article; Nutrition Action Healthletter, Vol. 33, July 2006
Subjects: Books--Rankings, Weight loss--Analysis
...will help you relax N-acetylcysteine, and reduce the impact taurine, glycine, of chronic stress ..." pycnogenol, rutin, and...
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Your LIFE: EAT RIGHT WITH GILLIAN
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 5, 2006
...cakes, chocolate and packaged foods - especially soups and takeaways. COFFEE: This can deplete glycine, which boosts the skins elasticity. Lack of glycine will give you more wrinkles than you deserve. ALCOHOL as it depletes zinc which can cause zits...
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Special Times for Youngsters
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), December 24, 2005
...disease, non ketotic hyperglycinaemia caused by a defect in the glycine cleavage enzyme. It means her movement and speech are very...defective gene. Basically, she hasnt got the enzyme to remove glycine from the blood. She also has a cleft palate, is prone to chest...
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Why Herbal Tea Really Is Hot Stuff; Fighting Cancer, Curing Colds ;GOOD HEALTH
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 11, 2005
...explain why the tea appears to boost the immune system and fight infections. Drinking camomile tea also increased levels of glycine - an amino acid known to relieve muscle spasms, including menstrual cramps, through relaxing the uterus. Lead researcher...
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A Cup of Camomile Works Wonders
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 6, 2005
...activity. Consumption of the tea also led to increased levels of glycine, an amino acid which has been shown to relieve muscle spasms...cramps. The scientists found levels of both hippurate and glycine remained elevated for up to two weeks after the volunteers...
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French Send in Gunboats Is It to Make Us Vote Oui? Bonjour: A French Ship Was Spotted off the Coast of Dublin
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 27, 2008
Subjects: Lisbon, Portugal, Earthquake, 1755
...there are actually two French naval vessels the Thetis and the Glycine conducting exercises in Irish waters. Commandant Gavin Young...such operations were perfectly routine. He confirmed that the Glycine (A770) was a patrol/navigational training vessel built in 1991...
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encyclopedia articles on: Glycine  - 8 results

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Glycine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GLYCINE gli sen, organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Glycine is the only one of these amino acids that is not optically...incorporated into proteins. Nevertheless, in the free state glycine participates in several important reactions, including...
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Soybean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SOYBEAN soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant ( Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max ) of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia...
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Amino Acid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...aspartic acid , cysteine , glutamic acid , glutamine , glycine , histidine , isoleucine , leucine , lysine , methionine...biological systems, particularly in plants. Every amino acid except glycine can occur as either of two optically active stereoisomers...
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Uric Acid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...birds, snakes, and lizards. The last three groups of animals also channel all amino acid degradation into the formation of glycine , aspartic acid , and glutamine , which combine to form purines and finally uric acid; these so-called uricotelic organisms...
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Serine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...protein. It is not essential to the human diet, since it can be synthesized in the body from other metabolites, including glycine . Serine is important in metabolism in that it participates in the biosynthesis of purines and pyrimidines , cysteine...
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