lysine

English

Etymology

From lysis +‎ -ine, in reference to its tendency to participate in catalysis.

Noun

lysine (countable and uncountable, plural lysines)

1. (biochemistry) An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₄N₂O₂.

   Synonym: Lys

   • 2010, Michael T. Murray, Joseph Pizzorno, The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 65:

     Lysine is an essential amino acid required for many body functions, including growth and bone development in children; calcium absorption and maintenance of the correct nitrogen balance in the body; maintenance of lean body mass; production of antibodies, hormones, and enzymes; collagen formation and repair of tissue.

Derived terms

• acetyllysine
• alkyllysinase
• borolysine
• dilysine
• dimethyllysine
• hydroxylysine
• insulin glulisine
• insulin lispro
• liraglutide
• lisinopril
• lypressin
• lysinuric
• lysopine
• lysyl
• methyllysine
• nonlysine
• pentalysine
• polylysine

 

Translations

essential amino acid, C₆H₁₄N₂O₂

• Catalan: lisina
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賴氨酸／赖氨酸 (zh) (lài'ānsuān) (Mainland China), 離胺酸／离胺酸 (lí'ānsuān) (Taiwan)

• Czech: lysin
• Dutch: lysine (nl)
• Esperanto: lizino
• Finnish: lysiini
• French: lysine (fr) f
• German: Lysin (de) n
• Greek: λυσίνη (el) f (lysíni)
• Hebrew: ליזין (lisin)
• Hungarian: lizin (hu)
• Ido: lisin
• Italian: lisina (it)
• Japanese: リシン (ja) (rishin)
• Kazakh: лизин (lizin)
• Kyrgyz: лизин (lizin)
• Latin: lysina
• Latvian: lizīns
• Lithuanian: lisinas
• Luxembourgish: Lysin
• Persian: لیسین (lisin)
• Polish: lizyna f
• Portuguese: lisina
• Romanian: lizină (ro) f
• Russian: лизин (ru) (lizin)
• Spanish: lisina (es)
• Swedish: lysin (sv)
• Turkish: lizin
• Ukrainian: лізин (lizyn)

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Translations to be checked

• Kabuverdianu:

  ALUPEC: ^{(please verify)} lizina

  Badiu: ^{(please verify)} lizina

  São Vicente: ^{(please verify)} lisina

Further reading

• lysine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Insley, Linsey, Nisley, linsey, silyne

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ly‧si‧ne

Noun

lysine f or m (uncountable)

1. lysine

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.zin/

Noun

lysine f (countable and uncountable, plural lysines)

1. lysine

Further reading

• “lysine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.