How to Use valine in a Sentence
valine
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Isoleucine is one of three highly similar amino acids, along with leucine and valine.
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ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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Three specific essential amino acids—leucine, isoleucine, and valine—are called Branched-Chain Amino Acids.
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Shimite Obialo,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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In the enzyme’s chain of 484 amino acids, one amino acid at position 429, called alanine, was replaced with valine.
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Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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As a preliminary test, the team did an isoleucine-to-valine swap for 50 different individual genes that contribute proteins to the ribosome.
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ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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For example, the triplet 'GGC' represents the amino acid glycine, TTA represents leucine, GTC represents valine, and so on.
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IEEE Spectrum,
18 Oct. 2021
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These amino acids include histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine – collectively necessary for building muscle, producing enzymes and hormones and maintaining healthy tissue.
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Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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