phenylalanine

See also: phénylalanine

English

Etymology

phenyl +‎ alanine

Noun

phenylalanine (countable and uncountable, plural phenylalanines)

(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

Coordinate terms

phenylketonuria (PKU)

Derived terms

phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL)
phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH)
poly-phenylalanine

Related terms

phenylalanyl

Translations

amino acid; C₉H₁₁NO₂

Catalan: fenilalanina f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 苯丙氨酸 (zh) (běnbǐng ānsuān)
Czech: fenylalanin m
Danish: fenylalanin
Finnish: fenyylialaniini (fi)
French: phénylalanine (fr) f
Galician: fenilalanina (gl) f
German: Phenylalanin (de) n
Greek: φαινυλαλανίνη (el) f (fainylalaníni)
Hungarian: fenil-alanin
Japanese: フェニルアラニン (feniruaranin)
Kazakh: фенилаланин (fenilalanin)
Kyrgyz: фенилаланин (fenilalanin)
Polish: fenyloalanina f
Portuguese: fenilalanina f
Romanian: fenilalanină f
Russian: фенилалани́н (ru) m (fenilalanín)
Spanish: fenilalanina (es) f
Swedish: fenylalanin (sv)

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