No, it is simply put on packages and soda cans because there is a specific disease that can harm people if they ingest it.
The disease is phenylketonuria, or PKU. It is a genetic disorder that keeps your body from metabolizing phenylalanine, which is an amino acid. If you have PKU and eat too much phenylalanine, it will cause mental retardation. NutraSweet has phenylalanine in it, so they don't want PKU sufferers to use it for obvious reasons.
So...phenylalanine is okay for you if you don't have PKU.
The enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase breaks down phenylalanine into tyrosine. This enzyme is essential for the conversion of phenylalanine to tyrosine in the body. Deficiency in this enzyme can lead to a build-up of phenylalanine, which can result in a condition called phenylketonuria (PKU).
Well its an essential amino acid, so your body needs it, and cannot make it by itself. So you would have to get it from somewhere. Probably Fanta and Coca Cola are bad for your health if you consume enough of it to give you the amount of phenylalanine you need daily though ;)
Phenylalanine is a component in aspartame.
It has 718mg of phenylalanine.
Phenylalanine is a compound. Specifically it is 2-amino-3-phenylpropanoic acid.
The mRNA codons for phenylalanine are UUU and UUC. These codons code for the amino acid phenylalanine during the process of translation in protein synthesis.
The molecular formula for phenylalanine is C9H11NO2.
There are two codons that code for the amino acid phenylalanine: UUU and UUC.
There are two codons that code for the amino acid phenylalanine: UUU and UUC.
The molar mass of oxygen in phenylalanine is 16.00 g/mol. To calculate the mass percent of oxygen in phenylalanine, divide the molar mass of oxygen by the molar mass of phenylalanine, then multiply by 100. (16.00 g/mol / 165.19 g/mol) * 100 = 9.68% Therefore, the mass percent of oxygen in phenylalanine is approximately 9.68%.
yup!
PKU stands for phenylketonuria, the classic symptom of which (and the diagnostic test for the disease) is phenylalanine in the urine. This is a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to process phenylalalanine, so it is excreted in the urine.