Examples of 'leucine' in a sentence

Meaning of "leucine"

leucine (noun): An essential amino acid that is important for protein synthesis and muscle growth in the human body
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  • An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₃NO₂, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.

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Leucine is especially powerful for energy production.
This enzyme is also called leucine acetyltransferase.
Added leucine stimulated isovaleric acid formation.
Use in combination with leucine and valine.
Leucine is a branched amino acid and is essential.
Our feet produce a weird amount of leucine.
Leucine zippers may be synthetic or naturally occurring.
Amino acids such as proline and leucine.
Leucine is the most preferred amino acid.
Most preferably the amino acid is leucine.
Leucine stimulates protein synthesis to build muscle.
Transformants are selected on minimal medium lacking leucine.
Effect of leucine on intestinal absorption of tryptophan in rats.
This pathway is very sensitive to levels of leucine.
This results in the change of leucine to phenylalanine.

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A herein very relevant essential amino is leucine.
Leucine is an example of a typical amino acid.
In one embodiment the amino acid is leucine.
Leucine also participates in the production of growth hormone.
One particularly preferred amino acid is leucine.
Leucine is found in many sources of protein.
A protein composition that is rich in leucine is preferred.
Certain leucine zipper moieties preferentially form trimers.
The sequence also comprises a leucine zipper.
Leucine absorption in to the brain is influenced by the diet.
All of these enzymes exhibit leucine aminopeptidase activity.
Leucine places an emphasis on muscle growth.
This mutation corresponds to the replacement of a proline by a leucine.
Leucine zipper motifs are frequently involved in dimerization interactions.
The other option is to supplement on leucine.
Longer leucine zippers may be used.
Copolymer of methoxycarbonylmethyl polyaspartate and leucine.
Leucine crystals typically are not found in healthy urine.
The expected phenylalanine was substituted by a leucine.
The leucine zipper is important for protein dimerisation.
This amino acid is called leucine.
Leucine is known as a potent activator of muscle protein synthesis.
Isovalerate is also an intermediate in leucine catabolism.
Leucine is a conservative substitution for alanine.
Leu in place of the leucine residue.
Leucine is provided as anabolic amino acid.
A pharmaceutical formulation comprising a growth hormone and leucine.
This group also includes leucine and valine.
Isovalerylglycine may also be assessed together with leucine.
Leucine isoleucine and valine.
Hexanoylglycine may also be assessed together with leucine.
The elderly need more leucine to build muscle proteins.
Transformants were selected on sorbitol plates without any leucine.
Elderly people need more leucine to build muscle proteins.
An especially preferred amino acid is leucine.

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