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If human genetic defect that results in the failure to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine is?
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is the human genetic defect that results in the failure to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
What is a condition which makes it impossible to metabolize certain proteins?
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a condition that makes it impossible to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine. People with PKU lack an enzyme called phenylalanine hydroxylase, which is required to break down phenylalanine. If left untreated, the buildup of phenylalanine can lead to brain damage and other neurological problems, so individuals with PKU must follow a strict low-phenylalanine diet.
How would a child inherit PKU?
PKU is a genetic disease, caused by an inability to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine.
What is phenylketonuria?
phenylketonuria
What is Phenylketonuria PKU?
phenylketonuria
What causes pigment cirrhosis?
Disorders like the inability to metabolize iron and similar disorders may cause pigment cirrhosis
What is lactate tolerance?
Lactose intolerance is the inability to metabolize lactose, because of a lack of the required enzyme lactase in the digestive system.
What is the genetic disorder characterized by a missing digestive enzyme?
Phenylketonuria
What percentage of the world's population has phenylketonuria?
2.42% of the world's population has Phenylketonuria (pku)
Recessive disorder that results from the absence of an enzyme that converts one amino acid into another one?
Huntington's disease
Why are many bacteria that are able to metabolize citrate produce negative results?
hi ki haal a? tuhade too aap ni answere de hunda jehra saanu puchan daye a?
What is the abbreviation for phenylketonuria?
PKU
