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Alanine vs Valine - What's the difference?

alanine | valine |

As nouns the difference between alanine and valine

is that alanine is a nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins while valine is an essential amino acid 2-amino-3-methylbutanoic acid found in most animal proteins.

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

    valine

    English

    (wikipedia valine)

    Noun

  • (amino acid, organic compound, ) An essential amino acid 2-amino-3-methylbutanoic acid found in most animal proteins.
  • Synonyms

    * Val

    Derived terms

    * norvaline

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