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Alanine vs Phosphoalanine - What's the difference?

alanine | phosphoalanine |

As nouns the difference between alanine and phosphoalanine

is that alanine is (amino acid|uncountable) a nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins while phosphoalanine is an n-phosphoryl derivative of alanine that inhibits proteinases.

alanine

English

(wikipedia alanine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (amino acid, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins
    • Potatoes can be a good source of alanine .
  • (countable) A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid
    • Two alanines are replaced by prolines.

    Synonyms

    * Ala

    phosphoalanine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • An N-phosphoryl derivative of alanine that inhibits proteinases