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PHENYLALANINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An essential amino acid found in proteins and needed for growth of children and for protein metabolism in children and adults; abundant in milk and eggs; it is normally converted to tyrosine in the human body
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("phenylalanine" is a kind of...):
essential amino acid (an amino acid that is required by animals but that they cannot synthesize; must be supplied in the diet)
Context examples:
Using a blood test, PKU can easily be found in newborns, and treatment is a diet low in phenylalanine.
(Phenylketonuria, NCI Dictionary)
The measurement of the amount of phenylalanine in a biologic specimen.
(Phenylalanine Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the ratio of phenylalanine compared to tyrosine present in a sample.
(Phenylalanine to Tyrosine Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
The mutated form JAK2 V617F has a valine-to-phenylalanine modification at position 617 and plays a key role in tumor cell proliferation and survival.
(JAK2 Inhibitor WP1066, NCI Thesaurus)
The antidepressant effect of DL-phenylalanine may be accounted for by its precursor role in the synthesis of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine.
(DL-Phenylalanine, NCI Thesaurus)
A boronated phenylalanine complexed with fructose to increase its solubility.
(Boronophenylalanine-fructose complex, NCI Thesaurus)
A phenylalanine derivative and an aromatic amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor with antihypertensive activity.
(Methyldopa, NCI Thesaurus)
Phenylalanine is converted to tyrosine, used in the biosynthesis of dopamine and norepinephrine neurotransmitters.
(Phenylalanine, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, citrate, indole and adonitol positive, hydrogen sulfide negative in Kliger's agar, phenylalanine negative and does not grow in KCN medium.
(Citrobacter farmeri, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is oxidase positive, negative for urease, phenylalanine deaminase and tryptophan deaminase, is unable to grow on solid medium at 4 to 10 degrees C, and is relatively halointolerant.
(Moraxella atlantae, NCI Thesaurus)
