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noun - a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition
noun - an amino acid
LEUCINE - Leucine (symbol Leu or L) is an essential amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Leucine is an -amino acid, meaning it contains an ...
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| An essential amino acid |
| Amino acid - nuclei impaired by drug |
| 'Acid' in clue wrongly associated with 'drug'? |
| 2-amino-4-methylpentanoic acid, an essential diet protein |
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| Mar 4 2018 The Times - Specialist |
| Dec 8 2009 The Telegraph - Toughie |
| Jul 13 2002 The Times - Cryptic |
| Mar 19 1999 New York Times |
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| An essential amino acid, C4H9CH(NH2)COOH, obtained by the hydrolysis of protein by pancreatic enzymes during digestion and necessary for optimal growth in infants and children and for the maintenance of nitrogen balance in adults. |
| a white crystalline amino acid occurring in proteins that is essential for nutrition obtained by the hydrolysis of most dietary proteins |
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Leucine (symbol Leu or L) is an essential amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Leucine is an -amino acid, meaning it contains an -amino group (which is in the protonated NH3+ form under biological conditions), an -carboxylic acid group (which is in the deprotonated COO form under biological conditions), and a side chain isobutyl group, making it a non-polar aliphatic amino acid. It is essential in humans, meaning the body cannot synthesize it: it must be obtained from the diet. Human dietary sources are foods that contain protein, such as meats, dairy products, soy products, and beans and other legumes. It is encoded by the codons UUA, UUG, CUU, CUC, CUA, and CUG. * Like valine and isoleucine, leucine is a branched-chain amino acid. The primary metabolic end products of leucine metabolism are acetyl-CoA and acetoacetate; consequently, it is one of the two exclusively ketogenic amino acids, with lysine being the other. It is the most important ketogenic amino acid in h |