[
US
/ˈhɪstəˌdin/
]
NOUN
- an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue
How To Use histidine In A Sentence
- The mixture was later solidified by means of a surface agar solution containing traces of histidine and biotin.
- During this time he developed a simple chromatographic assay for imidazole compounds accumulating in histidine-requiring Neurospora mutants, which allowed him to deduce much of the histidine biosynthetic pathway.
- Specific gene sets associated with the central metabolism of C. aurimucosum apparently provide enhanced metabolic flexibility and adaptability in aerobic, anaerobic and low-pH environments, including gene clusters for the uptake and degradation of aromatic amines, L-histidine and L-tartrate as well as a gene region for the formation of selenocysteine and its incorporation into formate dehydrogenase. BioMed Central - Latest articles
- Histidines are often involved in acid base catalysis, and prone to activate nucleophiles by abstracting a proton.
- Similarly, histamine arises in many tissues by the decarboxylation of histidine, which in excess causes constriction or dilation of various blood vessels.
- The active site of trypsin involves a catalytic triad consisting of the amino acids serine, histidine and aspartic acid.
- Although two additional histidine residues are potentially accessible, we focused on the two histidines unique to cx 50 because cx 46 hemichannels were refractory to modification by DEPC.
- This dipeptide (comprising two amino acids - histidine and beta-alanine) is found in fairly high amounts in muscle cells.
- The amount of the amino acids threonine, proline and histidine were also increased in roots of slag-cultivated maize plants.
- The most prevalent amino acid is cysteine with other major ones including tyrosine, histidine, lysine and arginine.