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isovaline

isovaline noun: the rare amino acid 2-amino-2-methylbutanoic acid that was found in the Murchison meteorite.

Noun

isovaline (uncountable)

  1. The rare amino acid 2-amino-2-methylbutanoic acid that was found in the Murchison meteorite

Origin of isovaline

From iso- + valine.

Questions about isovaline

What does isovaline mean?
Isovaline means the rare amino acid 2-amino-2-methylbutanoic acid that was found in the Murchison meteorite.
What part of speech is isovaline?
Isovaline is a noun.

Words near isovaline in the dictionary

  1. isovaleric
  2. isovaleric acid
  3. isovaleronitrile
  4. isovaleryl
  5. isovalerylcarnitine
  6. isovaline
  7. isovalue
  8. isovalues
  9. isovanillic acid
  10. isovanillin
  11. isovanilloid

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