Why is it das Glutamin?

Glutamin is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: das Amin. So it’s das Glutamin.

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Meaning

[1] Biochemistry: an amino acid, part of the proteins

[1] Biochemie: eine Aminosäure, Bestandteil der Proteine

Examples

[1] The polar amid group from glutamine is also responsible for the training of the tertiary structure of proteins

[1] Die polare Amid-Gruppe von Glutamin ist auch für die Ausbildung der Tertiärstruktur von Proteinen verantwortlich.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Glutamin —
Genitiv des Glutamins —
Dativ dem Glutamin —
Akkusativ das Glutamin —

Pronunciation

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