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n. An essential amino acid, C6H14N2O2, obtained by the hydrolysis of proteins and required by the body for optimum growth.

n. An essential amino acid C6H14N2O2.

n. A colorless compound, CH2 (NH2) CH2CH2CH2CH (NH2)COOH, formed by the action of dilute acids or of trypsin on albuminous substances of both vegetable and animal origin. It crystallizes in slender needles and forms salts with both acids and bases. Also called α-ϵ-diaminocapric acid.

n. an essential amino acid found in proteins; occurs especially in gelatin and casein

"In the late 1980s, they decided that the future of this business was in a form of bioengineering, not creating a new food, but using bacteria with specific jobs to create other ingredients, and the first one they went into is something called lysine, which is used to fatten up pigs and chickens by adding it to their feed."

essential amino acid   

Lys   

isoleucine    tryptophan    histidine    glycine    arginine    glutamine    cysteine    methionine    selenomethionine    vasopressin