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histidine

[ US /ˈhɪstəˌdin/ ]
NOUN
  1. an essential amino acid found in proteins that is important for the growth and repair of tissue

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  • 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.
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