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Leucine is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Leucine in a sentence

Leucine meaning

An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₃NO₂, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.

Synonyms of Leucine

essential amino acid

Using Leucine

  • The main meaning on this page is: An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₃NO₂, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.
  • Useful related words include: essential amino acid.
  • In the example corpus, leucine often appears in combinations such as: leucine isoleucine, of leucine, leucine or.

Context around Leucine

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

binding 1× acids 1× lysine 1×

Often after:

rich 1× isoleucine 1× skl 1×

Sentence patterns with Leucine

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

amino acids leucine isoleucine and 1× content of leucine and phenylalanine 1× ketogenic than leucine or octanoate 1× leucine is a 1× nucleotide binding leucine rich repeat 1× protein and leucine or branched 1× role of leucine in the 1× serine lysine leucine skl 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in response rice 1× leucine is a 1× protein content in 1× st pierre v 1× the most common 1× the role of 1×

Common sentence endings:

builds your muscle 1× health adult humans 1× in proso millet 1× leucine and phenylalanine 1× lysine leucine skl 1× of protein metabolism 1×

Words around Leucine

Just before it in the word index:

leuchtenburg 2 leuchten 2 leuchars 9 leuce 3 leucaena 2 leucadia 7

Just after it in the word index:

leucippus 11 leucistic 3 leucite 3 leuco 3 leucothea 2 leucotomy 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 12 abacos 12 abboud 12 abcon 12 abdelhamid 12 abdelkader 12

Corpus analysis for Leucine

  • In this selection, "leucine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, binding, acids, lysine, rich, isoleucine and skl stand out and add context to how "leucine" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include amino acids leucine isoleucine and and content of leucine and phenylalanine. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "leucine" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with leucine

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The most common PTS1 is serine lysine leucine (SKL). (9 words)

The Role of Leucine in the Regulation of Protein Metabolism. (10 words)

They have a lower content of alanine and a higher content of leucine and phenylalanine. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

This is likely for the simple reason that you’re only going to build muscle when you activate mTOR, and to activate mTOR you need to introduce protein and leucine or branched-chain amino acids, along with some healthy carbohydrates. (40 words)

Leucine is a branched-chain amino acid that serves multiple functions, one of which is signaling the mTOR mechanism, which causes protein to be created and builds your muscle. (29 words)

Protein content in proso millet grains is comparable with that of wheat, but the share of essential amino acids (leucine, isoleucine and methionine) is substantially higher in proso millet. (29 words)

Example sentences (8)

The Role of Leucine in the Regulation of Protein Metabolism.

This is likely for the simple reason that you’re only going to build muscle when you activate mTOR, and to activate mTOR you need to introduce protein and leucine or branched-chain amino acids, along with some healthy carbohydrates.

In response, rice plants have evolved genes encoding nucleotide binding-leucine-rich repeat proteins, or NLRs, which are intracellular immune receptors that bait specific fungal effectors.

Leucine is a branched-chain amino acid that serves multiple functions, one of which is signaling the mTOR mechanism, which causes protein to be created and builds your muscle.

St. Pierre V, et al, Butyrate is more ketogenic than leucine or octanoate monoacylglycerol in health adult humans.

Protein content in proso millet grains is comparable with that of wheat, but the share of essential amino acids (leucine, isoleucine and methionine) is substantially higher in proso millet.

The most common PTS1 is serine lysine leucine (SKL).

They have a lower content of alanine and a higher content of leucine and phenylalanine.

Common combinations with leucine

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "leucine" in a sentence?
An example: "The Role of Leucine in the Regulation of Protein Metabolism." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "leucine" from authentic English texts.
What does "leucine" mean?
Leucine means: An essential amino acid, C₆H₁₃NO₂, isomeric with isoleucine, found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth in children.
What are synonyms of "leucine"?
Common synonyms of "leucine" include: essential amino acid.
How many example sentences with "leucine" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "leucine", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.