phenylalanine

See also: phénylalanine

English

Etymology

From phenyl +‎ alanine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfiːnəlˈæləniːn/, /ˌfɛnəlˈæləniːn/

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Noun

phenylalanine (countable and uncountable, plural phenylalanines)

2. (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, F (symbols)

4. This molecule or its D-isomer.

Derived terms

• fluorophenylalanine
• homophenylalanine
• N-methylphenylalanine
• PAH, phenylalanine hydroxylase
• PAL, phenylalanine ammonia lyase
• phenylalaninase
• polyphenylalanine
• poly-phenylalanine

Related terms

• phenylalanyl
• phenylketonuria, PKU

Translations

amino acid; C₉H₁₁NO₂

• Bulgarian: фенилаланин m (fenilalanin)
• 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 (pl) f
• Portuguese: fenilalanina f
• Romanian: fenilalanină f
• Russian: фенилалани́н (ru) m (fenilalanín)
• Spanish: fenilalanina (es) f
• Swedish: fenylalanin (sv)