proline

See also: Prolene and prolene

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

Proto-Hellenic *pāwər

Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr)

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Hellenic *-rós

Ancient Greek -ρός (-rós)

Ancient Greek πῠρρός (pŭrrhós)der.

German Pyrrolbor.

English pyrrole

English -olidine

English pyrrolidine

English proline

Short for pyrrolidine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊliːn/

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Noun

proline (countable and uncountable, plural prolines)

1. (biochemistry) A nonessential amino acid C₅H₉NO₂ found in most animal proteins, especially collagen; its cyclic structure leads to kinks in the peptide chain of proteins.

Synonyms

• Pro

Derived terms

• captopril
• diproline
• ethylideneproline
• fluoroproline
• hexaproline
• homoproline
• hydroxyproline
• insulin lispro
• leuprolide
• polyproline
• prolinase
• prolinate
• prolinol

Translations

nonessential amino acid; C₅H₉NO₂

• Bulgarian: пролин m (prolin)
• Catalan: prolina f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脯氨酸 (zh) (fǔ'ānsuān)

• Czech: prolin m
• Esperanto: prolino
• Finnish: proliini
• French: proline (fr) f
• German: Prolin (de) n
• Greek: προλίνη (el) f (prolíni)
• Hungarian: prolin (hu)
• Italian: prolina (it) f
• Japanese: プロリン (purorin)
• Polish: prolina (pl) f
• Romanian: prolină f
• Russian: пролин (ru) m (prolin)
• Slovak: prolín m
• Spanish: prolina (es) f
• Swedish: prolin (sv)

Anagrams

• plerion

Italian

Noun

proline f

1. plural of prolina

Anagrams

• leprino, prelino