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Glycine vs Diglycine - What's the difference?

glycine | diglycine |

As a proper noun glycine

is .

As a noun diglycine is

(organic compound) the iminodicarboxylic acid nh(ch2-cooh)2; iminodiacetic acid.

glycine

English

(wikipedia glycine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid, amino-acetic acid, C2H5NO2 found in most proteins but especially in sugar cane; the simplest amino acid.

    • Synonyms

    * when used as a flavour enhancer * Gly as a monomer in proteins

    diglycine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) The iminodicarboxylic acid NH(CH2-COOH)2; iminodiacetic acid
  • (biochemistry) The dipeptide formed from two glycine amino acids; such a motif in a protein