SERINE


Meaning of SERINE in English

/ser"een, -in, sear"-/ , n. Biochem.

a crystalline amino acid, HOCH 2 CH(NH 2 )COOH, found in many proteins and obtained by the hydrolysis of sericin, the protein constituting silk gum. Abbr.: Ser; Symbol: S

[ 1875-80; SER(UM) + -INE 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .