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Serine vs Homoserine - What's the difference?

serine | homoserine |

As nouns the difference between serine and homoserine

is that serine is a nonessential amino acid, CH2OH.CH(NH2)COOH, found in most animal proteins, especially silk while homoserine is the amino acid 2-amino-4-hydroxybutanoic acid that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of methionine, threonine and isoleucine.

serine

English

(wikipedia serine)

Noun

  • (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid, CH2OH.CH(NH2)COOH, found in most animal proteins, especially silk.

    • Synonyms

    * Ser

    Derived terms

    * phosphatidylserine

    Anagrams

    * ----

    homoserine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia homoserine)
  • (biochemistry) The amino acid 2-amino-4-hydroxybutanoic acid that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of methionine, threonine and isoleucine