Tyrosine

Word TYROSINE
Character 8
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Definitions and meanings of "Tyrosine"

What do we mean by tyrosine?

A white crystalline amino acid, C9H11NO3, that is obtained from the hydrolysis of proteins such as casein and is a precursor of epinephrine, thyroxine, and melanin. noun

A nonessential amino acid C9H11NO3 found in most animal proteins, especially casein. noun

An amino acid found in most proteins; a precursor of several hormones noun

A nonessential amino acid 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid found in most animal proteins, especially casein

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The word "tyrosine" in example sentences

Then it moves sugar into cells by activating an enzyme called tyrosine-kinase. ❋ William Harryman (2007)

The parasite infects the brain by forming a cyst within its cells and produces an enzyme called tyrosine hydroxylase, which is needed to make dopamine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Btk is a type of enzyme known as a tyrosine kinase inside B-cells that plays an early key role in B-cell activation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Gleevec clamps down on the cell's accelerator, a protein called tyrosine kinase, which drives cancer to reproduce. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Both of these older drugs, respectively known generically as dasatinib and nilotinib, are members of a class called tyrosine kinase inhibitors. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Protein contains tyrosine, which is converted into the alertness neurotransmitter, dopamine. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But by the 1990s, at Sugen, he was doing something very different, developing cancer-fighting pills that work by blocking enzymes called tyrosine kinases that cells use to communicate with one another.

So-called tyrosine kinase inhibitor drugs such as imatinib, marketed by Swiss drugmaker Novartis as Glivec or Gleevec, and dasatinib, sold by Bristol-Myers Squibb as Sprycel, have transformed treatment of CML and are credited with turning it from a fatal cancer into a manageable condition. ❋ Unknown (2011)

When a leukemia drug was used in turn to block the enzyme - called tyrosine kinase c-Abl - it prevented destruction of those healthy cells. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Several new targeted cancer therapeutics called tyrosine kinase inhibitors TKIs have been approved or are in clinical trials to be used as front line or secondary therapies against these cancers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So-called tyrosine kinase inhibitor drugs like Glivec, which was introduced in 2001, have transformed the treatment of CML but cost tens of thousands of dollars a year. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With the development of the class of drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors, Ph+ CML patients have access to the broadest range of therapeutic options ever available. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For example, if the tumor being tested has certain types of EGFR mutations and does not have a K-RAS mutation, the oncologist may decide to treat the patient with a class of drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

These agents, called tyrosine kinase inhibitors, bind to the protein and stop disease progression, but they can lose their effectiveness when new mutations that arise during the course of the disease alter the protein. ❋ PhysOrg Team (2010)

The drug molecule physically occupies a tiny pocket in the receptor structure -- within an area called the tyrosine kinase domain, located just beneath the surface of the cell. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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