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In the enzyme’s chain of 484 amino acids, one amino acid at position 429, called alanine, was replaced with valine.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Specifically, the liver enzymes alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) were high, which can signal liver cell damage or fatty liver disease.
—Susan Horava, Health, 24 June 2025
Spot On! Advertisement Advertisement There are also 11 non-essential amino acids—alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine, and tyrosine—that can be produced by your body.
—Stacey Colino, Time, 27 May 2025
Miller and Urey found that this triggered the formation of glycine, hydrogen cyanide, alanine, and other building blocks of life.
—Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Specifically, the liver enzymes alanine transaminase (ALT) and aspartate transaminase (AST) were high, which can signal liver cell damage or fatty liver disease.
—Susan Horava, Health, 24 June 2025
Spot On! Advertisement Advertisement There are also 11 non-essential amino acids—alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine, and tyrosine—that can be produced by your body.
—Stacey Colino, Time, 27 May 2025
Miller and Urey found that this triggered the formation of glycine, hydrogen cyanide, alanine, and other building blocks of life.
—Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Alanine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alanine. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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alanine
noun
al·a·nine
ˈal-ə-ˌnēn 
: an amino acid formed especially by the breakdown of proteins
Medical Definition
alanine
noun
al·a·nine
ˈal-ə-ˌnēn
: a simple nonessential crystalline amino acid C3H7NO2 formed especially by the hydrolysis of proteins
—abbreviation Ala
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