释义 |
▪ I. glycine Biochem.|ˈglaɪsiːn| [ad. G. glycin (J. Berzelius 1848, in Jahres-Ber. über d. Fortschritte d. Chem. und Min. XXVII. 654), f. Gr. γλυκ-ύς sweet + -ine5.] A colourless sweet-tasting crystalline compound, NH2CH2COOH, which is the simplest amino-acid and a general constituent of proteins; = glycocoll, amino-acetic acid.
1851G. E. Day tr. Lehmann's Physiol. Chem. I. 152 Glycine has not yet been found in an isolated state in the animal body. 1885I. Remsen Org. Chem. (1888) 291 Hippuric acid can be made by heating glycine with benzoic acid to 160°. 1957New Biol. XXIII. 79 In one experiment, radioactive glycine, valine and lysine were injected simultaneously into a lactating goat, and casein, a milk protein, was isolated from milk collected 4 hours later. 1965A. Meister Biochem. Amino Acids (ed. 2) I. i. 11 In 1820, Braconnot obtained glycine from a sulfuric acid hydrolyzate of gelatin... Subsequently Braconnot's ‘sugar of gelatin’ was named glycocoll and later glycine. 1969Times 25 Aug. 4/8 In the genetic code three guanylic acid units are..the code for glycine. ▪ II. glycine obs. form of glucina. |