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Definition of "lysine" []

  • An essential amino acid, C6H14N2O2, obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins and required by the body for optimum growth. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lysine" in a sentence
  • "In the late 1980s, they decided that the future of this business was in a form of bioengineering, not creating a new food, but using bacteria with specific jobs to create other ingredients, and the first one they went into is something called lysine, which is used to fatten up pigs and chickens by adding it to their feed."
  • "Progen and its collaborators have focused their research on an enzyme known as lysine specific demethylase 1 (LSD1), which contributes to the silencing of important tumor suppressor genes."
  • "Until the pressure gets to be a bit much, and top-level ADM execs want to know why production of an enzyme called lysine (yes, the same one from Jurassic Park) is on the fritz."