Phenylalanine is an:
Correct answer: C. An organic chemical used to make aspartame
- A. Promote health of plants
- B. Used to stimulate the sperms to divide
- C. An organic chemical used to make aspartame
- D. Used to make holes in the plasma membrane
Explanation
Biochemists discovered a strain of bacteria that is specially good at producing phenylalanine; an organic chemical needed to make aspartame, the dipeptide sweetener better known as Nutrasweet.
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