CHOLINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choline mean? 

• CHOLINE (noun)
  The noun CHOLINE has 1 sense:

1. a B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat

  Familiarity information: CHOLINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOLINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A B-complex vitamin that is a constituent of lecithin; essential in the metabolism of fat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("choline" is a kind of...):

B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)

 Context examples 

A form of choline is being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer and to reduce pain and fever.

(Choline, NCI Dictionary)

Choline dehydrogenase, mitochondrial (594 aa, ~65 kDa) is encoded by the human CHDH gene.

(Choline Dehydrogenase, Mitochondrial, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes choline dehydrogenase, mitochondrial protein, plays a role in the metabolism of choline.

(CHDH wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

But yolks are the primary source of many nutrients found in eggs, including amino acids, iron and choline, so there is a downside to dropping them.

(Eggs No Longer Part of a Healthy Diet?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A choline formulation of fenofibrate, a synthetic phenoxy-isobutyric acid derivate and prodrug with antihyperlipidemic activity.

(Choline Fenofibrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Choline kinase alpha (457 aa, ~52 kDa) is encoded by the human CHKA gene.

(Choline Kinase Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)

CDP-choline reacts with diacylglycerol to produce phosphatidylcholine

(Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Most phospholipids contain a diglyceride, a phosphate group, and a simple organic molecule such as choline.

(Phospholipid, NCI Thesaurus)

As with the common glycerophospholipids, the polar head group of the plasmalogens is composed of ethanolamine, serine, or choline.

(Plasmalogen Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Choline kinase is the initial enzyme that produces phosphocholine from choline in the sequence and may play a regulatory role.

(Phosphatidylcholine Biosynthesis, NCI Thesaurus)