Comments on: PKU: An exploration of a metabolic disease https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/15/pku-an-exploration-of-a-metabolic-disease/ Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:03:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Rory Ramsburg https://gregladen.com/blog/2007/02/15/pku-an-exploration-of-a-metabolic-disease/#comment-37886 Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:03:32 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=216#comment-37886 L-Phenylalanine is biologically converted into L-tyrosine, another one of the DNA-encoded amino acids. L-tyrosine in turn is converted into L-DOPA, which is further converted into dopamine, norepinephrine (noradrenaline), and epinephrine (adrenaline). The latter three are known as the catecholamines.,^*^

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