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phenylalanine

English

Etymology

phenyl +? alanine

Noun

phenylalanine (countable and uncountable, plural phenylalanines)

  1. (biochemistry) An essential amino acid C9H11NO2 found in most animal proteins; it is essential for growth; the inability to metabolize it leads to phenylketonuria; it is a constituent of aspartame.

Synonyms

  • Phe

Related terms

  • phenylalanyl

Translations

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alkaptonuria

English

Alternative forms

  • alcaptonuria

Etymology

From alkapton +? -uria.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /æl?kæpt??n?????/

Noun

alkaptonuria (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
    • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 39:
      In his work at St Bartholomew's Hospital and Great Ormond Street in London, Garrod had come across a number of patients with a rare and not very serious disease, known as alkaptonuria.

Related terms

  • alkaptonuric

Translations

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