Tryptophan Definition

trĭptə-făn
noun
A white, aromatic, crystalline, essential amino acid, C6H4NHCHCCH2CH(NH2)COOH, produced synthetically and in digestion by the action of trypsin on proteins.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • tryptophane

Other Word Forms of Tryptophan

Noun

Singular:
tryptophan
Plural:
tryptophans

Origin of Tryptophan

  • From German Tryptophan, corresponding to tryptic + Ancient Greek ϕαίνειν (phainein, “to appear”).

    From Wiktionary

  • trypt(ic) of trypsin (formed on the model of pepsin, peptic) trypsin –phan(e)

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

Tryptophan Sentence Examples

  • Now click on the backbone nitrogen of the tryptophan.

  • All of these contain the amino acid tryptophan which helps your body produce the sleep hormone melatonin.

  • Tryptophan produced in a genetically modified bacterium was linked to an epidemic called eosinophilia myalgia syndrome in 1989.

  • Tryptophan is an amino acid that the body needs to make serotonin.

  • The protein folding dynamics after mixing are measured by intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence excited by a UV lamp.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRY

Words Ending With

NANHAN

Unscrambles

tryptophan

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