Also known as: val.
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Valine is an Ī±-amino acid with the chemical formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH(CH3)2. L-Valine is one of 20 proteinogenic amino acids. Its codons are GUU, GUC, GUA, and GUG. This essential amino acid is classified as nonpolar. Human dietary sources are any proteinaceous foods such as meats, dairy products, soy products, beans and legumes.
MedicalThe internal angle formed by two inclined slopes of a roof of an internal corner. The angle formed by two sloping sides of a roof. OR The āVā shaped area of a roof where two sloping roofs meet. Water drains off the roof at the valleys. The meeting of two roof planes at an internal angle; the rafter which forms the junction. The area formed between the ridges of two adjoined roofs.
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