isoleucine Hear it!

isoleucine definition

iso·leu·cine (ī′sə lo̵̅o̅′sēn′, -sin)

noun

an essential amino acid, CHCHCH(CH)CH(NH)COOH, an isomer of leucine, found in small amounts in most proteins

Etymology: iso- + leucine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.