SERINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does serine mean? 

• SERINE (noun)
  The noun SERINE has 1 sense:

1. a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine

  Familiarity information: SERINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("serine" is a kind of...):

amino acid; aminoalkanoic acid (organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group)

 Context examples 

This protein is involved in serine/threonine phosphorylation, cytokine-dependent and stress-activated signaling and transcriptional regulation.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 10, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in serine/threonine phosphorylation and the MAP kinase signaling pathway.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 11, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in cell cycle arrest, serine/threonine phosphorylation and the MAP kinase signaling pathway.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 12, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in cell cycle regulation, signal transduction, transcriptional regulation and serine/threonine phosphorylation.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Microtubule-associated serine/threonine-protein kinase 2 (1798 aa, ~196 kDa) is encoded by the human MAST2 gene.

(Microtubule-Associated Serine/Threonine-Protein Kinase 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Microtubule-associated serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (1570 aa, ~180 kDa) is encoded by the human MAST1 gene.

(Microtubule-Associated Serine/Threonine-Protein Kinase 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in both mitogenic signaling and serine/threonine phosphorylation.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 13, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in MAP kinase signaling pathways, serine/threonine phosphorylation and the regulation of gene expression.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in T cell activation and serine/threonine phosphorylation.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase 8, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in serine/threonine phosphorylation and modulation of JNK signal pathways.

(Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase Kinase 4, NCI Thesaurus)