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  2. Phenylalanine - Wikipedia

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    Phenylalanine ball and stick model spinning. Phenylalanine (symbol Phe or F) [3] is an essential α-amino acid with the formula C 9 H 11 NO 2.It can be viewed as a benzyl group substituted for the methyl group of alanine, or a phenyl group in place of a terminal hydrogen of alanine.

  3. Zwitterion - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, a zwitterion (/ ˈ t s v ɪ t ə ˌ r aɪ ə n / TSVIT-ə-ry-ən; from German Zwitter 'hermaphrodite'), also called an inner salt or dipolar ion, [1] is a molecule that contains an equal number of positively and negatively charged functional groups. [2] 1,2-dipolar compounds, such as ylides, are sometimes excluded from the ...

  4. Tyrosine - Wikipedia

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    Tyrosine, which can also be synthesized in the body from phenylalanine, is found in many high-protein food products such as meat, fish, cheese, cottage cheese, milk, yogurt, peanuts, almonds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, soy protein and lima beans.

  5. Aromatic amino acid - Wikipedia

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    In plants, the shikimate pathway first leads to the formation of chorismate, which is the precursor of phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan.These aromatic amino acids are the precursors of many secondary metabolites, all essential to a plant's biological functions, such as the hormones salicylate and auxin.

  6. Arogenic acid - Wikipedia

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    Arogenic acid is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of phenylalanine and tyrosine. At physiological pH it exists as its conjugate base arogenate as the acid form is unstable. Metabolism

  7. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Sunday ...

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    According to the New York Times, here's exactly how to play Strands: Find theme words to fill the board. Theme words stay highlighted in blue when found.

  8. We know why cats knead. But here's why humans love it so much.

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    Why do cats knead? Kittens knead their mother's mammary glands, or breasts, while nursing, likely to aid the release of milk. Animal experts call this process "milk let down," said Sung, who is ...

  9. Alanine - Wikipedia

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    S)-Alanine (left) and (R)-alanine (right) in zwitterionic form at neutral pH. Alanine is useful in loss of function experiments with respect to phosphorylation. Some techniques involve creating a library of genes, each of which has a point mutation at a different position in the area of interest, sometimes even every position in the whole gene ...