Tyrosine Definition

tīrə-sēn
noun
A white, crystalline nonessential amino acid, C6H4OHCH2CH(NH2)COOH, formed by the decomposition of proteins, as in the putrefaction of cheese.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Tyrosine

Noun

Singular:
tyrosine
Plural:
tyrosines

Origin of Tyrosine

  • Greek tūros cheese teuə- in Indo-European roots –ine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Gr tyros, cheese (see butter) + -ine

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek [script?] cheese.

    From Wiktionary

Tyrosine Sentence Examples

  • It is also found in horse's liver, being one of the putrefaction products of tyrosine.

  • Phenylalanine and tyrosine are needed to produce catecholamines such as adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine.

  • Its amino acid sequence shows much greater homology to consensus sequences derived from protein serine/threonine kinases than to the consensus for protein tyrosine kinases.

  • These have been shown to interact with and inhibit tyrosine kinases.

  • Some of these proteins belong to a group called the tyrosine kinases.

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Words Starting With

TTYTYR

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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tyrosine

Words Starting With T and Ending With E

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