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PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE

Specialty Definition: PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE

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An enzyme of the oxidoreductase class that catalyzes the formation of L-tyrosine, dihydrobiopterin, and water from L-phenylalanine, tetrahydrobiopterin, and oxygen. Deficiency of this enzyme may cause phenylketonurias and phenylketonuria, maternal. EC 1.14.16.1. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Phenylalanine hydroxylase

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Phenylalanine hydroxylase is an enzyme which catalyses the reaction causing the addition of an hydroxyl group to the end of the hexocarbon ring, such that it becomes tyrosine.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Phenylalanine hydroxylase."

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Non-Fiction Usage: PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE

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Health

Classical phenylketonuria (PKU) is a rare metabolic disorder (and orphan disease) that usually results from a deficiency of a liver enzyme known as phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH). (references)

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Alternative Orthography: PHENYLALANINE HYDROXYLASE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 48 45 4E 59 4C 41 4C 41 4E 49 4E 45      48 59 44 52 4F 58 59 4C 41 53 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01001000 01000101 01001110 01011001 01001100 01000001 01001100 01000001 01001110 01001001 01001110 01000101 00100000 01001000 01011001 01000100 01010010 01001111 01011000 01011001 01001100 01000001 01010011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0048 0045 004E 0059 004C 0041 004C 0041 004E 0049 004E 0045      0048 0059 0044 0052 004F 0058 0059 004C 0041 0053 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5042394859463546354843483924259385249585946355339

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