serine

See also: seriné and sérine

English

Structure diagram of L-Serine

Etymology

From Latin sericus (“silken”). The compound was first obtained from silk protein, a particularly rich source, in 1865.

Noun

serine (countable and uncountable, plural serines)

1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid, CH₂OH.CH(NH₂)COOH, found in most animal proteins, notably silk.

Synonyms

• Ser

Derived terms

• phosphatidylserine

Translations

nonessential amino acid; CH₂OH.CH(NH₂)COOH

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絲胺酸／丝胺酸 (sī'ānsuān) (Taiwan), 絲氨酸／丝氨酸 (zh) (sī'ānsuān, literally “silk amino acid”) (chiefly Mainland China)

• Czech: serin m
• Esperanto: serino
• Finnish: seriini
• French: sérine (fr) f
• German: Serin (de) n
• Greek: σερίνη (el) f (seríni)
• Italian: serina (it)
• Japanese: セリン (serin)
• Kazakh: серин (serin)
• Maori: herina
• Polish: seryna f
• Romanian: serină f
• Russian: сери́н (ru) m (serín)
• Spanish: serina (es) f
• Swedish: serin (sv)

Anagrams

• Eisner, Riesen, irenes, seiner, serein, sirene

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: serinent, serines

Verb

serine

1. inflection of seriner:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Noun

serine f

1. plural of serina

Anagrams

• resine, sereni, sirene