lysine

English

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lysine

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Etymology

From lysis +‎ -ine, in reference to its tendency to participate in catalysis.

Noun

lysine (countable and uncountable, plural lysines)

1. (biochemistry) An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₄N₂O₂.

   Synonym: Lys

   • 2010, Michael T. Murray, Joseph Pizzorno, The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 65:

     Lysine is an essential amino acid required for many body functions, including growth and bone development in children; calcium absorption and maintenance of the correct nitrogen balance in the body; maintenance of lean body mass; production of antibodies, hormones, and enzymes; collagen formation and repair of tissue.

Derived terms

• acetyllysine
• alkyllysinase
• borolysine
• dilysine
• dimethyllysine
• hydroxylysine
• insulin glulisine
• insulin lispro
• liraglutide
• lisinopril
• lypressin
• lysinuric
• lysopine
• lysyl
• methyllysine
• nonlysine
• pentalysine
• polylysine

 

Translations

essential amino acid, C₆H₁₄N₂O₂

Catalan: lisina Chinese: Mandarin: 賴氨酸 / 赖氨酸 (zh) (lài'ānsuān) (Mainland China), 離胺酸 / 离胺酸 (lí'ānsuān) (Taiwan) Czech: lysin Dutch: lysine (nl) Esperanto: lizino Finnish: lysiini French: lysine (fr) f German: Lysin (de) n Greek: λυσίνη (el) f (lysíni) Hebrew: ליזין (lisin) Hungarian: lizin (hu) Ido: lisin Italian: lisina (it) Japanese: リシン (ja) (rishin) Kazakh: лизин (lizin) Kyrgyz: лизин (lizin) Latin: lysina Latvian: lizīns Lithuanian: lisinas Luxembourgish: Lysin Persian: لیسین (lisin) Polish: lizyna f Portuguese: lisina Romanian: lizină (ro) f Russian: лизин (ru) (lizin) Spanish: lisina (es) Swedish: lysin (sv) Turkish: lizin Ukrainian: лізин (lizyn)

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Kabuverdianu: ALUPEC: (please verify) lizina Badiu: (please verify) lizina São Vicente: (please verify) lisina

Further reading

• lysine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Insley, Linsey, Nisley, linsey, silyne

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

lysine

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Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ly‧si‧ne

Noun

lysine f or m (uncountable)

1. lysine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.zin/

Noun

lysine f (countable and uncountable, plural lysines)

1. lysine

Further reading

• “lysine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.