Properties:
| RelatedCategories | AminoAcidMetabolismAssayKits,BloodandUrineChemistryAssayKits,CellBIOLOGy,EnzymaticKitsfortheQuantitationofNutrientsandMetabolites,MetabolismAssayKitsA-Z, | 
| usage  | sufficientfor100 fluorometric?tests | 
| storagetemp.  | −20°C | 
Description:
Generaldescription
Phenylalanineisanon-polaressentialaminoacid.Intheliver,phenylalanineisconvertedtotyrosine,whichisaprecursorformultiplecompoundsincludingL-DOPAandmelanin.Defectsintheactivityofphenylalaninehydroxylaseresultintheinheritedmetabolicdisorderphenylketonuria(PKU).PKUresultsinthebuildupofphenylalanineandphenylalaninemetabolites,andcanresultingrowthdefectsandmentalretardationifnottreated.
Phenylalanineconcentrationisdeterminedbyacoupledenzymeassay,whichresultsinthedeaminationofphenylalanineandtheproductionofNADHwhichreactswiththeproberesultinginafluorescent(λex=535nm/λem=587nm)product,proportionaltothephenylalaninepresent.
SuitABIlity
SuitableforL-phenylalaninedetectionincellandtissueculturesupernatants,serum,andotherbiologicalsamples
Safety:
RIDADR 
NONHforallmodesoftransport