Assertion: lysine | /r/HasProperty | limiting amino acid
Facets:
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
value: in sulfur amino acids in legumes
type: LOCATION
value: in all the main cereal species
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Lysine is the limiting amino acid (the essential amino acid found in the smallest quantity in the particular foodstuff) in most cereal grains, but is plentiful in most pulses (legumes).
text: Known as the “limiting amino acid” in vegan diets, lysine is the least abundant amino acid obtained through plant foods.
text: The result clearly shows that lysine is the limiting amino acid in all the main cereal species and sulfur amino acids in legumes.
text: These considerations imply that as the level of wheat gluten in the diet decreases, lysine is no longer the limiting amino acid.
text: Therefore, when lysine is the limiting amino acid, the catabolic enzyme falls to low levels and lysine is apparently conserved at the expense of body proteins.