Tyrosine C9H11NO3
By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu
One of the twenty amino acids directly coded in proteins. It is
abundant in cheese.
It exists in many types of protein. It is a
precursor of epinephrine, norepinephrine, thyroxine, triiodothyronine and
melatonin.
Nonessential in humans since it can be synthesised from phenylalanine.