gliadin

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪədɪn/, /ˈɡlaɪəˌdiːn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡlaɪədɪn/, /ˈɡlaɪədən/

Noun

gliadin (countable and uncountable, plural gliadins)

  1. A minor protein (along with gluten and glutelin) in wheat; it may cause a toxic reaction in some people.
    Synonym: glutin
    Hyponym: prolamin
    Coordinate term: glutenin
    • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
      Most of the gluten proteins, the gliadins and the glutenins, are around a thousand amino acids long. The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins.

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