See Also: isoleucine(medicine)
isoleucine(dictionary)
isoleucine(encyclopedia)
isoleucine hydroxylase(medicine)
1-sarcosine-8-isoleucine angiotensin II(medicine)
isoleucine-tRNA ligase(medicine)

isoleucine (iou)



isoleucine noun. E20.
[from ISO- + LEUCINE.]
Biochemistry. A hydrophobic amino acid, CH3CH2 CH(CH3)CH(NH2)COOH, which occurs in proteins and is essential in the human diet; 2-amino-3-methylpentanoic acid.