In a series of experiment, the response of two contrasting potato species, namely,  Solanum acaule (tolerant) and Solanum tuberosum cv. Agria (intolerant) to salt (80 mM NaCl) and drought stress (15% polyethylene glycol;PEG) was studied in vitro. Furthermore, the role of acetyl salicylic acid (ASA) (1 and 10 µM) in alleviating oxidative stress was investigated. In Agria cultivar, NaCl and PEG r...

The mechanism of phenylalanine regulation of rat liver phenylalanine hydroxylase was studied. We show that phenylalanine "activates" phenylalanine hydroxylase, converting it from an inactive to active form, by binding at a true allosteric regulatory site. One phenylalanine molecule binds per enzyme subunit; it remains at this site during catalytic turnover and, while there, cannot be hydroxylat...

In the present study, the application for the removal of phenylalanine by using two nano sorbents, namely, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide –Coated and BKC (benzal-conium chloride)-Coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles was investigated. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) and ultra violet–visible spectroscopy were used for studying the removal ability of each nano-sorbent in this study. Scanning Electron Microscop...

The brain damage which occurs in untreated phenylketonuria probably results from the high plasma phenylalanine concentration prevailing in this condition, as treatment with a low-phenylalanine diet mitigates the situation. The actual cause of the brain damage is not known, but investigations have been carried out with high phenylalanine loads to simulate phenylketonuria and so elucidate the nat...

UNLABELLED The effect of energy, protein, fat, and phenylalanine on serum phenylalanine concentrations during pregnancy for a set of identical twins with phenylketonuria (PKU) was examined. Blood samples were collected one to two times per week. The subjects completed a 3-d food record prior to each blood collection. The effect of the factors on serum phenylalanine levels was evaluated statisti...

Phenylketonuria (PKU) is the most common autosomal recessive disorder of amino acid metabolism. Thedisease is caused mainly by mutations in the phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) gene, encoding phenylalaninehydroxylase (PAH) enzyme. The PAH enzyme deficiency results in the elevation of phenylalanine inthe blood, which may cause severe irreversible mental retardation in the affect...

accurate protein function prediction is an important subject in bioinformatics, especially wheresequentially and structurally similar proteins have different functions. malate dehydrogenaseand l-lactate dehydrogenase are two evolutionary related enzymes, which exist in a widevariety of organisms. these enzymes are sequentially and structurally similar and sharecommon active site residues, spati...

Conway, T. W. (The University of Texas, Austin), E. M. Lansford, Jr., and W. Shive. Influence of phenylalanine analogues upon bacterial accumulation and incorporation of phenylalanine. J. Bacteriol. 85:141-149. 1963.-Phenylalanine accumulation and its relation to phenylalanine incorporation into trichloroacetic acid-insoluble material in Escherichia coli 9723 were studied with a variety of stru...