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Alanine (symbol Ala or A), or α-
alanine, is an α-amino acid that is used in the
biosynthesis of proteins. It
contains an
amine group and a carboxylic...
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Alanine transaminase (ALT), also
known as
alanine aminotransferase (ALT or ALAT),
formerly serum glutamate-pyruvate
transaminase (GPT) or
serum glutamic-pyruvic...
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usual α-carbon for
alanine (α-
alanine). The
IUPAC name for β-
alanine is 3-aminopropanoic acid.
Unlike its
counterpart α-
alanine, β-
alanine has no stereocenter...
- The
Cahill cycle, also
known as the
alanine cycle or glucose-
alanine cycle, is the
series of
reactions in
which amino groups and
carbons from
muscle are...
- β-Methylamino-L-
alanine, or BMAA, is a non-proteinogenic
amino acid
produced by cyanobacteria. BMAA is a neurotoxin. Its
potential role in
various neurodegenerative...
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group substituted for the
methyl group of
alanine, or a
phenyl group in
place of a
terminal hydrogen of
alanine. This
essential amino acid is classified...
- In
molecular biology,
alanine scanning is a site-directed
mutagenesis technique used to
determine the
contribution of a
specific residue to the stability...
- enzymology, an
alanine racemase (EC 5.1.1.1) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction L-
alanine ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } D-
alanine Hence...
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Alanine dehydrogenase (EC 1.4.1.1) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction L-
alanine + H2O + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } pyruvate...
- In enzymology, a D-
alanine—D-
alanine ligase (EC 6.3.2.4) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction ATP + 2 D-
alanine ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
