What is phenylalanine?

Rate This Answer

0 Comments

Phenylalanine - an essential amino acid that occurs as a part of many proteins obtained chiefly from egg white or skim milk.

Answered by Sade B. - 14 days ago at 12:16pm on Jan 25 2012

Galleries

See All Galleries »

100 Most Beautiful Words in the English Language

Gallery: People Doing Cool Stuff

Misquotations You Thought You Knew

Ridiculous Names for Everyday Items

Older Answers

Rate Answer

Phenylalanine: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.

Answered - 279 days ago at 3:15pm on May 04 2011

Rate Answer

Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid (building block for proteins in the body). It is essential to human health but cannot be manufactured by the body. Thank you for using ChaCha!

Answered by Kathleen F. - 282 days ago at 3:26pm on May 01 2011

Rate Answer

Phenylalanine (abbreviated as Phe or F)[2] is an ?-amino acid with the formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH2C6H5. This essential amino acid is classified as nonpolar because of the hydrophobic nature of the benzyl side chain. L-Phenylalanine (LPA) is an electrically neutral amino acid, one of the twenty common amino acids used to biochemically form proteins, coded for by DNA. The codons for L-phenylalanine are UUU and UUC.

Answered by Richard G. - 336 days ago at 4:45am on Mar 09 2011

Rate Answer

Nutrition question: What is phenylalanine? Phenylalanine (abbreviated as Phe or F)[1] is an ?-amino acid with the formula HO2CCH(NH2)CH2C6H5, which ..

Answered by Paul J. - 610 days ago at 11:29am on Jun 08 2010

Rate Answer

Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid not manufactured in bodies. It must be gotten from foods. It is converted to the amino acid tyrosine that makes dopamine & norepinephrine. Deficiency produces confusion, depression, decreased memory, decreased appetite.

Answered - 933 days ago at 2:35pm on Jul 19 2009

About Milk

Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is produced to provide food for the young before they are able to digest other foods. Milk also serves as a way for the mother to pass on immunities and antibodies to her young. What milk actually contains depends on the animal it comes from, but most milk contains protein, saturated fats, vitamin C and calcium. In most western societies, cow's milk is the most prevalent.

More about Milk »