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aromatic amino acid

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aromatic amino acid [¦ar·ə¦mad·ik ə′mēn·ō ′as·əd]
(biochemistry)
An organic acid containing at least one amino group and one or more aromatic groups; for example, phenylalanine, one of the essential amino acids.


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It states that toxins such as nitric oxide, aromatic amino acids, ammonia and proinflammatory cytokines are responsible for the multi-organ dysfunction that accompanies liver failure.
Flavourzyme, papain and Alcalase produced hydrolysates that contained the highest levels of aromatic amino acids, while trypsin hydrolysate had the highest levels of lysine and arginine.
Substrate Specificity in the Subtilisin-like Proprotein Convertases: A Role for Aromatic Amino Acids Adjacent to the Site of Endoproteolytic Cleavage.
 
 
 
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