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Figure 4: Enzyme defects in disorders of the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine.

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L-tyrosine goitre alkaptonuria tyrosinemia homogentisic acid thyroid hormone Phenylalanine Amino acid Glutamic acid Tryptophan Alanine Glutamine Methionine Histidine Lysine Leucine Proline Serine