Product Overview
N-Acetyl-L-phenylalanine | T4781 | TargetMol Chemicals
CAS: 2018-61-3
Smiles: CC(=O)N[C@@H](Cc1ccccc1)C(O)=O
Formula: C11H13NO3
Pathway: Metabolism|||Others
Target: Others|||Endogenous Metabolite
Receptor: N/A
Bioactivity: N-Acetyl-L-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.
Molecular Weight: 207, 229
