Q. In phenylketonuria, the phenylalanine gets converted to
A) Acetic acid
B) Phenyl acetic acid
C) Phenyl pyruvic acid
D) Pyruvic acid
Explanation
Due to absence of phenylalanine hydroxylase the phenylalanine changes in to phenyl pyruvic acid. Lack of this enzyme is due to autosomal recessive defective gene on chromosome number 12
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