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  - 362 results

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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
...that I--I love you. Bethlen . Pretty Glycine! wert thou not betrothed-- But in good...and answers wildly.--But Bathory? Glycine. Hist! tis my ladys step! She must...not add, be speedy-- 275 You here, Glycine? Exit BATHORY. Glycine . Pardon, pardon...
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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
...carbon atoms arising from succinate and glycine are shown in Figures 2 and 4. It would...of 2 moles of succinate and 1 mole of glycine. Since the methene bridges also arise from the -carbon atom of glycine, the synthesis of the porphyrin molecule...
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The Physics and Chemistry of Life
Book; Simon and Schuster, 1955
Subjects: Life
...showed that one chain began with the amino acid glycine and the other with phenylalanine. Sanger proceeded...sequence. Concentrating on the beginning of the glycine chain, Sanger labeled the glycine with DNP and examined the peptide fragments produced...
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Basic and Applied Memory Research: Practical Applications - Vol. 2
Book by Douglas J. Herrmann, Cathy McEvoy, Christopher Hertzog, Paula Hertel, Marcia K. Johnson; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1996
Subjects: Memory, Memory--Research
...barrier and is converted to glycine in the brain DeVarbeke, Cavalier...cycloserine, is a partial glycine agonist Hood, Compton, Monahan...as an agonist to increase glycines effects when there are low levels of glycine in the brain and as an antagonist...
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Biochemistry and Morphogenesis
Book by Joseph Needham; Cambridge University Press, 1942
Subjects: Chemical Embryology, Morphology
...protein in cartilage, contains some 22% of glycine, Patton Palmer were led to estimate glycine in normal and chondrodystrophic embryos. Thus...incidence of chondrodystrophy, contains no glycine at all. The results were as follows: Glycine...
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Selection on Glycine [Beta
Journal article by J. G. Bishop, D. R. Ripoll, S. Bashir, C. M. B Damasceno; Vol. 169, 2005
Subjects: Codon, Enzyme Inhibitors, Enzymes, Genetics, Glucan Endo-1,3-beta-D-Glucosidase, Plant Proteins, Proteins
Selection on Glycine Beta-1,3-endoglucanase Genes Differentially Inhibited...taxonomic scales-within the wild progenitor of soybean, Glycine soja, across the genus Glycine, and across all dicotyledonous plants. MATERIALS AND METHODS...
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Pericentromeric Regions of Soybean (Glycine Max L. Merr.) Chromosomes Consist of Retroelements and Tandemly Repeated DNA and Are Structurally and Evolutionarily Labile
Journal article by Jer-Young Lin, Barbara Hass Jacobus, Phillip Sanmiguel, Jason G. Walling; Genetics, Vol. 170, 2005
Subjects: Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA, Fluorescence in situ hybridization, Genetics, Genomics, Heterochromatin, Retroelements
Pericentromeric Regions of Soybean (Glycine Max L. Merr.) Chromosomes Consist of...the structural makeup of the soybean (Glycine max~L. Merr.) genome is superficial...Purdue University). seeds for all other Glycine species were provided by the USDA Soybean...
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Chromosome-level Homeology in Paleopolyploid Soybean (Glycine Max) Revealed through Integration of Genetic and Chromosome Maps
Journal article by Jason G. Walling, Randy Shoemaker, Nevin Young, Joann Mudge, Scott Jackson; Genetics, Vol. 172, 2006
Subjects: Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA, Fluorescence in situ hybridization, Genomics
...Homeology in Paleopolyploid Soybean (Glycine Max) Revealed through Integration of...Scott Jackson THE haploid soybean (Glycine max~L. Merr.) genome consists of...1970). Chromosome studies in the genus Glycine have shown that soybean has approximately...
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Sequence Conservation of Homeologous Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes and Transcription of Homeologous Genes in Soybean (Glycine Max L. Merr.)
Journal article by Jessica A. Schlueter, Brian E. Scheffler, Shannon D. Schlueter, Randy C. Shoemaker; Genetics, Vol. 174, 2006
Subjects: DNA polymerase, Genes, Genetic diversity, Genomics, Molecular biology, Studies
...Transcription of Homeologous Genes in Soybean (Glycine Max L. Merr.) by Jessica A. Schlueter...identified in soybean specifically. Soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) is a member of the papilionoid...linkage group C2 of the G. max A81 356022 3 Glycine soja PI 468.916 mapping population...
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Excision of an Active Cacta-like Transposable Element from Dfr2 Causes Variegated Flowers in Soybean [Glycine Max (L.) Merr.
Journal article by Min Xu, Hargeet K. Brar, Sehiza Grosic, Reid G. Palmer, Madan K. Bhattacharyya; Vol. 184, 2010
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Flowers & plants, Genes, Genetics, Genomics
...Element from Dfr2 Causes Variegated Flowers in Soybean Glycine Max (L.) Merr. by Min Xu , Hargeet K. Brar , Sehiza Grosic , Reid G. Palmer , Madan K. Bhattacharyya IN soybean Glycine max (L.) Merr., five loci W1, W3, W4, Wm, and...
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magazine articles on: Glycine  - 46 results

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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
...gene (the arginine genotype) to those with glycine versions of the gene (the glycine genotype). Albuterol was used daily--two...weeks compared to their matched partners with the glycine genotype. Also, the arginine participants reported...
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Children of the CHON: What We Know about Genesis
Magazine article by Bryan Zepp Jamieson; The Humanist, Vol. 70, May-June 2010
Subjects: Chemistry, Organic--Research, Intelligent design (Creationism)--Research, Life (Biology)--Research, Organic chemistry--Research
...team that discovered solid evidence of glycine in interstellar space. This was considered a pivotal discovery, glycine being the most important basic building...material from the comet, including glycine. That left the question of how the...
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New Drugs of 1993: Part 1
Magazine article by Ronald F. Borne, Michael C. Vinson; Drug Topics, Vol. 138, February 7, 1994
Subjects: Alcon Laboratories Inc, Carter-Wallace Inc, Continuing education, Forest Laboratories Inc, Manycompanies, Manyproducts, Ortho Biotech Inc, Pharmacists, Prescription drugs, Product introduction, Schering-Plough Corp, Statistical data, United States
...binding sites, including a strychnine-insensitive glycine binding site. Thus glycine can potentiate the effects of NMDA agonists. Felbamate...acid and aspartic acid c. Benzodiazepines d. Glycine 11. Which statement is most appropriate concerning...
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A Terrible Scrooge
Magazine article by Olivia Judson; Natural History, Vol. 116, May 2007
Subjects: Cost accounting, Cost control, Immune system, Molecules, Mutation, Organisms, Proteins
...shapes of Lego bricks. The amino acid glycine, for instance, is small and simple...At position 122, say, you must have glycine and no other-whereas the rest are interchangeable...particularly expensive; small and simple glycine is notably cheap. If cells are sensitive...
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Tuning in
Magazine article by Carl Zimmer; Natural History, Vol. 110, September 2001
Subjects: DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid, Evolution, Genetics, Research
...in a row, a ribosome adds the amino acid glycine to the protein it is building. But it will add glycine even if the genetic sequence reads "guanine...changed, it still calls for the same old glycine. The new protein will not just be similar...
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newspaper articles on: Glycine  - 22 results

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Did a Comet Sow Seeds of Life on Earth?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 19, 2009
Subjects: Glycine
...collide with planets. The protein component glycine was found in samples of dust and ice from...back to Earth by a U.S. spacecraft. Glycine is one of 20 amino acids which join up...Space Flight Center in Maryland said: Glycine is an amino acid used by living organisms...
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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...
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Your LIFE: EAT RIGHT WITH GILLIAN
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 5, 2006
...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...
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Is This Humblemineral the Answer to the Common Cold?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 3, 1996
...patented in the U.S. This is described as zinc gluconate glycine, and is said to include various natural fruit extracts, such...thinks that any new formulations based on zinc gluconate glycine are worth trying as reports are encouraging. `The problem...
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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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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...acids commonly found in animal proteins. Glycine is the only one of these amino acids that...proteins. Nevertheless, in the free state glycine participates in several important reactions...
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Amino Acid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...asparagine , aspartic acid , cysteine , glutamic acid , glutamine , glycine , histidine , isoleucine , leucine , lysine , methionine...systems, particularly in plants. Every amino acid except glycine can occur as either of two optically active stereoisomers...
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Bean
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...encompassed by the term bean are many and variable. The broad beans ( Vicia faba, of the vetch genus), the soybean types ( Glycine max ), and a few lesser species were the only beans known to the Old World before the discovery of America, by which time...
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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 , tryptophan...
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Coenzyme
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...derived from riboflavin (vitamin B 2 ). Glutathione, a tripeptide consisting of residues of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, is known to act as a coenzyme in a few enzymatic reactions, but its importance may lie in its role as a nonspecific reducing...
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