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glutamine Definition

glu·ta·mine (glo̵̅o̅tə mēn′, -min)

noun

a nonessential amino acid, HNC(O)(CH)CH(NH)COOH

Etymology: glut(en) + amine

glutamine Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • bond: Fortified with peptide bonded glutamine, which is essentially a third protein source.
  • take: One way to do that is to take glutamine.
  • spare: Supplementing with glutamine spares free glutamine in muscle tissue, counteracts the fall in muscle protein synthesis, and improves nitrogen balance.
  • carry: What this means is, the very rigors of weight training leak nitrogen carrying glutamine from muscle tissue.

Adjective modifier

  • intravenous: Dr. Spreen said, " I'm STUNNED at the comments ( and progress ) made with intravenous glutamine.
  • free: Supplementing with glutamine spares free glutamine in muscle tissue, counteracts the fall in muscle protein synthesis, and improves nitrogen balance.
  • pure: Chemical Nutrition Pro Glutamine is made from only the purest glutamine available and is not to be confused with inferior glutamine products.

Modifies a noun

  • synthetase: Its acts by inhibiting the enzyme, glutamine synthetase, which converts the essential amino acid, glutamic acid to glutamine.
  • supplementation: Glutamine supplementation in serious illness: a systematic review of the evidence.
  • residue: A GAP may provide an essential active site residue, while promoting the correct positioning of the glutamine residue of the switch II domain.
  • level: Both types of protein appear to prevent a decline in plasma glutamine levels that have previously been reported with intense exercise training.
  • concentration: Plasma glutamine concentrations did not change significantly in either group.
  • peptide: Q: Various commercial whey products tout their glutamine content, often referring to " glutamine peptides.

Noun used with modifier

  • plasma: Both types of protein appear to prevent a decline in plasma glutamine levels that have previously been reported with intense exercise training.
  • amino: In patients with HD, this protein contains multiple copies of the amino acid glutamine stacked next to another.
  • acid: In patients with HD, this protein contains multiple copies of the amino acid glutamine stacked next to another.
  • muscle: During intense training, the signal for muscle breakdown ( which is a bad thing ) may be the release of skeletal muscle glutamine.
  • enzyme: Glutamine is readily synthesized from glutamate and ammonium ions by the enzyme glutamine synthetase.

Preposition: in

  • tissue: Supplementing with glutamine spares free glutamine in muscle tissue, counteracts the fall in muscle protein synthesis, and improves nitrogen balance.

Preposition: from

  • tissue: What this means is, the very rigors of weight training leak nitrogen carrying glutamine from muscle tissue.

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