glutamine
glu·ta·mine
noun \ˈglüt-ə-ˌmēn\Definition of GLUTAMINE
: a crystalline amino acid C5H10N2O3 that is found both free and in proteins in plants and animals and that yields glutamic acid and ammonia on hydrolysis—abbreviation Gln
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