Q. The enzyme missing in phenylketonuria is

A) Phenylalanine hydroxylase
B) Phenylalanine reductase
C) Phenylalanine oxidase
D) Phenylalanine oxidoreductase
Explanation

Phenylalanine hydroxylase. Phenylketonuria (Folling; 1934). It is an inborn, autosomal, recessive metabolic disorder in which the homozygous recessive individual lacks the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase needed to change phenylalanine (amino acid) to tyrosine (amino acid) in liver. It results in hyperphenylalanine

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