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threonine

[ three-uh-neen, -nin ]

noun

Biochemistry.
  1. an essential amino acid, CH 3 CHOHCH(NH 2 )COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins. : Thr; : T


threonine

/ ˈθriːəˌniːn; -nɪn /

noun

  1. an essential amino acid that occurs in certain proteins
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threonine

  1. An essential amino acid. Chemical formula: C 4 H 9 NO 3 .
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Word History and Origins

Origin of threonine1

1925–30; threon- (alteration of Greek ٳó, neuter of ٳó red; erythro- ) + -ine 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of threonine1

C20 threon-, probably from Greek eruthron, from eruthros red (see erythro- ) + -ine ²
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Example Sentences

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Repeats of the amino acids threonine and glycine in a transcription-factor protein modulate the temperature responsiveness of the circadian clock in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster11.

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Because of that tiny code change, my bacteria cells will make the amino acid lysine instead of another one, threonine.

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Briefly, we computationally searched for peptide sequences containing proline followed by a random amino acid and a serine or threonine.

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There is indeed one required mutation in the PfCRT protein, which is a change of an amino acid lysine to threonine.

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For example an ACG in the gene, means 'use the amino acid threonine next'.

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