PHENYLALANINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phenylalanine mean? 

• PHENYLALANINE (noun)
  The noun PHENYLALANINE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: PHENYLALANINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHENYLALANINE (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

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Nouns denoting substances

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 

Tyr3-octreotate (TATE) is an octreotide derivative in which phenylalanine at position 3 is substituted by tyrosine and position 8 threoninol is replaced with threonine.

(Lutetium Lu 177-DOTA-TATE, NCI Thesaurus)

JAK2 is the most common mutated gene in bcr-abl-negative myeloproliferative disorders; the JAK2V617F gain-of-function mutation involves a valine-to-phenylalanine modification at position 617.

(Momelotinib, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, hydrogen sulfide, tyrosine and L arabinose positive, produces acid from dulcitol, oxidase negative, and urea, phenylalanine, and D mannose negative.

(Leminorella grimontii, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by abnormalities in the metabolism of phenylalanine and tyrosine.

(Alkaptonuria, NCI Thesaurus)

The JAK2 mutated form JAK2V617F has a valine-to-phenylalanine modification at position 617 and plays a key role in tumor cell proliferation and survival.

(JAK2 Inhibitor XL019, NCI Thesaurus)

L-tyrosine is a naturally occurring tyrosine and is synthesized in vivo from L-phenylalanine.

(L-Tyrosine, NCI Thesaurus)

A phenylalanine derivative of the meglitinide class of agents with hypoglycemic activity.

(Nateglinide, NCI Thesaurus)

An aromatic fatty acid metabolite of phenylalanine with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Phenyl Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by the body's inability to break down and utilize the essential amino acid phenylalanine.

(Phenylketonuria, NCI Thesaurus)

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a genetic disorder in which the body can't process part of a protein called phenylalanine (Phe).

(Phenylketonuria, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)