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High-quality protein is any protein that contains all of the nine essential amino acids (histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine) that our bodies don’t make on their own.
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USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
Repeats with a lot of proline, threonine and serine transform a typical protein to a mucin because of the polypeptide structure that is formed.
—Coren Walters-Stewart, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
The nine essential amino acids are: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
In both types, a protein backbone is studded with strings of sugars called glycans that are linked to either the amino acid asparagine (N-Glycans) or to the amino acids serine and threonine (O-Glycans).
—Diana Kwon, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2019
For example, the base series ACG encode the amino acid threonine.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 June 2022
These essential amino acids are: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenyalinine, threonine, tryptophan and valine.
—Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2021
This insertion added the peptide GLTSKRN (glycine-leucine-threonine-serine-lysine-arginine-asparagine) between Spike protein positions 214 and 215.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
The key dietary nutrients for collagen production include chromium, copper and zinc, Omega-3, silica, sulfur, vitamin C, iron, threonine, proline, and lysine—all of which are found in The Beauty Chef’s Collagen Inner Beauty Boost.
—April Long, Town & Country, 4 July 2021
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USA TODAY, 2 July 2023
Repeats with a lot of proline, threonine and serine transform a typical protein to a mucin because of the polypeptide structure that is formed.
—Coren Walters-Stewart, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2022
The nine essential amino acids are: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2022
In both types, a protein backbone is studded with strings of sugars called glycans that are linked to either the amino acid asparagine (N-Glycans) or to the amino acids serine and threonine (O-Glycans).
—Diana Kwon, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2019
For example, the base series ACG encode the amino acid threonine.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 11 June 2022
These essential amino acids are: histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenyalinine, threonine, tryptophan and valine.
—Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 5 Oct. 2021
This insertion added the peptide GLTSKRN (glycine-leucine-threonine-serine-lysine-arginine-asparagine) between Spike protein positions 214 and 215.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
The key dietary nutrients for collagen production include chromium, copper and zinc, Omega-3, silica, sulfur, vitamin C, iron, threonine, proline, and lysine—all of which are found in The Beauty Chef’s Collagen Inner Beauty Boost.
—April Long, Town & Country, 4 July 2021
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Word History
Etymology
probably from threonic acid (C4H8O5)
First Known Use
1936, in the meaning defined above
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Medical Definition
threonine
noun
thre·o·nine
ˈthrē-ə-ˌnēn 
: a colorless crystalline essential amino acid C4H9NO3 that is found in various proteins
—abbreviation Thr
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