Tryptophan Synonyms
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Synonyms for Tryptophan
tryptophane
an amino acid that occurs in proteins; is essential for growth and normal metabolism; a precursor of niacin
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Any of the amino acids, usually about 20, that link together into polypeptide chains to form proteins that are necessary for all life: in general, they are water-soluble, crystalline, amphoteric electrolytes having mirror-image isomeric forms with right and left optical activity: ten of these (essential amino acids) cannot be synthesized by the human body and must be consumed
l-tryptophan
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polyamines
L-cysteine
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acetyl-coa
carboxylation
rhamnose
Find another word for tryptophan. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tryptophan, like: tryptophane, amino-acid, arginine, phenylalanine, methionine, l-tryptophan, lysine, glutathione, purine, polyamines and L-cysteine.
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