Alanine vs Gaba - What's the difference?
alanine | gaba |
(amino acid, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins
(countable) A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid
gamma-aminobutyric acid
* 2001': [Valium] was followed by many imitators, all sharing the same pharmacological mechanism, which is to enhance the actions of the key inhibitory brain chemical messenger '''GABA . — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 58)
As nouns the difference between alanine and gaba
is that alanine is (amino acid|uncountable) a nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins while gaba is .alanine
English
(wikipedia alanine)Noun
(en noun)- Potatoes can be a good source of alanine .
- Two alanines are replaced by prolines.