Citrulline - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Citrulline :  (noun)

1: an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine

Based on WordNet 2.0

Citrulline :  Citrulline: A non-standard urea cycle.

Citrulline was first isolated from watermelon. The term citrulline was coined in 1930 from citrullus, the Latin name of the watermelon.



Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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