CITRULLINE
Dictionary entry overview: What does citrulline mean? • CITRULLINE (noun)
The noun CITRULLINE has 1 sense:
1. an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine
Familiarity information: CITRULLINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CITRULLINE (noun)
Meaning:
An amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("citrulline" is a kind of...):
amino acid; aminoalkanoic acid (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group)
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