gliadin

English

Etymology

From gli- +‎ -ad +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• (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.

Translations

minor protein in wheat

• German: Gliadin n

Further reading

• gliadin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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