Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phenylalanine hydroxylase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: pheny-lala-nine hy-drox-y-lase
IPA

49

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

6

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation of the aromatic side-chain of phenylalanine to generate tyrosine. Phenylalanine hydroxylase is one of three members of the biopterin-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylases.

Inflected Forms

phenylalanine hydroxylases (plural)

Questions

What does phenylalanine hydroxylase mean?: Phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation of the aromatic side-chain of phenylalanine to generate tyrosine. Phenylalanine hydroxylase is one of three members of the biopterin-dependent aromatic amino acid hydroxylases.

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