urocanic acid
Meanings
noun
- An intermediate in the catabolism of L-histidine, transformed in the liver by urocanate hydratase (or urocanase) into 4-imidazolone-5-propionic acid and subsequently to glutamic acid.
Word forms
Etymology
Latin urina (“urine”) and canis (“dog”), because first isolated in 1874 from dog urine.
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