Medically reviewed by Aviv Joshua, MS, RDN Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid (building block of protein) that the body ...

Disruptions in amino acid and lipid metabolism may be biomarkers of tardive dyskinesia (TD), according to a study published ...

The present work was carried out, using phenylalanine labelled with carbon-14, to examine whether phenylalanine is a precursor of tyrosine.

The disease makes it impossible to break down the amino acid phenylalanine, so that it builds up to toxic levels in the body and disrupts neuronal communication. Once a child was diagnosed, a strict ...

During that same year, Marshall Nirenberg and Heinrich Matthaei began deciphering the genetic code, and they determined that the codon UUU specifically represented the amino acid phenylalanine.

It is caused by a change in the PAH gene. The PAH gene contains the information required to make the enzyme which breaks down phenylalanine in the liver. Phenylalanine is found in food and ...