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- Serum phenylalanine screening is a blood test to look for signs of the disease phenylketonuria (PKU). The test detects abnormally high levels of an amino acid called phenylalanine.
- ... gene provides instructions for making an enzyme called phenylalanine hydroxylase. This enzyme helps process phenylalanine, which is a building block of proteins (amino ...
- ... along with a restricted diet to control blood phenylalanine levels in adults and children 1 month of ... have phenylketonuria (PKU; an inborn condition in which phenylalanine may build up in the blood and causes ...
- ... along with a specific diet to reduce blood phenylalanine levels in people who have phenylketonuria (PKU; an inborn condition in which phenylalanine may build up in the blood and causes ...
- Phenylketonuria (National Library of Medicine)... you have it, your body can't process phenylalanine (Phe). Phe is an amino acid, a building ...
- ... that increases the levels of a substance called phenylalanine in the blood. Phenylalanine is a protein building block (an amino acid) ... some artificial sweeteners. If PKU is not treated, phenylalanine can build up to harmful levels in the ...
- ... body. For example, it works with the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase to convert an amino acid called phenylalanine into another amino acid, tyrosine. Tetrahydrobiopterin is also ...
- Sepiapterin reductase deficiency is a condition characterized by movement problems, most often a pattern of involuntary, sustained muscle contractions known as dystonia. ...
- The SPR gene provides instructions for making the sepiapterin reductase enzyme. This enzyme is involved in the last of three steps in the production of a ...
- ... levels of several substances in the body, including phenylalanine. Phenylalanine is a building block of proteins (an amino ... and in some artificial sweeteners. High levels of phenylalanine are present from early infancy in people with ...