Tyrosine

Know your Amino Acids fact sheet:

Full name	Tyrosine
3 letter name	Tyr
1 letter name	Y

What you see:	What a biochemist sees:


Speciality	–
Sources (animal)	–
Sources (plant)	–

Chemical formula	C₉H₁₁NO₃
Essential	X
Non-essential	–

Hydrophobic	–
Hydrophilic (neutral)	X
(positive)	–
(negative)	–

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