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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Amino Acids > Amino Acids, Cyclic > Amino Acids, Aromatic > Tyrosine

Preferred term

Tyrosine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • L Tyrosine
  • L-Tyrosine
  • para Tyrosine
  • para-Tyrosine
  • Tyrosine, L isomer
  • Tyrosine, L-isomer

Note

  • /blood: consider also TYROSINEMIAS

Scope note

  • A non-essential amino acid. In animals it is synthesized from PHENYLALANINE. It is also the precursor of EPINEPHRINE; THYROID HORMONES; and melanin.

In other languages

  • tyrosiini

    Finnish

  • L-tyrosiini
  • parahydroksifenyylialaniini
  • Tyr
  • tyrosinum
  • Tyrosin

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014443

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