noun
definition
An essential amino acid C4H19NO3 found in most animal proteins.
Examples of threonine in a Sentence
A conserved N-terminal threonine is involved in catalysis at each active site.
The kinase phosphorylates the CDKs on a threonine residue which lies within the activation segment, a modification essential for generating kinase activity.
This enzyme is believed to be involved in the biosynthesis of isoleucine in methanogens and possibly other species lacking threonine dehydratase.
In this particular exercise we want to find all genes involved in the widest sense in the threonine metabolism.
Plks have a threonine in the activation segment whose phosphorylation is essential for activity.