Meanings
nounglutenin (countable and uncountable, plural glutenins)
plural glutenins
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA glutelin protein in wheat.
The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins. The glutenins, however, bond with each other in several ways to form an extensive, tightly knit network.
2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
Origin
Translations
Finnish gluteniini
- gluteniinigluten protein of wheat
German Glutenin
- Gluteningluten protein of wheat
Italian glutenina
- gluteninagluten protein of wheat
Japanese グルテニン
- グルテニン (gurutenin)gluten protein of wheat
Spanish glutenina
- gluteninagluten protein of wheat
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