See Also: Arginine(medicine)
arginine(dictionary)
Arginine(health)
arginine(encyclopedia)
arginine amidase(medicine)
NAD(p)-arginine ADP-ribosyltransferase(medicine)
complement 5a, des-arginine(medicine)
arginine vasotocin(medicine)
arginine vasopressin(medicine)
arginine succinyltransferase(medicine)

arginine (iou)



arginine noun. L19.
[German Arginin, perh. from Greek arginoeis bright-shining, white: see -INE5.]
Biochemistry. A basic amino acid, HNC(NH2)NH(CH2)3CH(NH2)COOH, which occurs in many proteins, is essential in the diet of vertebrates during periods of intensive growth, and is involved in urea synthesis; guanidine aminovaleric acid.