N-Acetyl-L-phenylalanine [2018-61-3]

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N-Acetyl-L-phenylalanine [2018-61-3]

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2018-61-3

Chemical

Research Use Only

N-Acetyl-L-phenylalanine

C11H13NO3

207.23

N-Acetyl-L-phenylalanine (N-Ac-Phenylalanine) is an essential amino acid produced for medical, feed, and nutritional applications. It appears in large amount in urine of patients with phenylketonuria which is a human genetic disorder due to the lack of phenylalanine hydroxylase, the enzyme necessary to metabolize phenylalanine to tyrosine. Acetylphenylalanine is a product of enzyme phenylalanine N-acetyltransferase in the pathway phenylalanine metabolism.

3 years

[H][C@](Cc1ccccc1)(NC(C)=O)C(O)=O

-20°C

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