If a drug is designed to denature enzymes involved in digesting phenylalanine, why would patients treated with this drug develop phenylketonuria?

What will be an ideal response?


They lack an enzyme to break down phenylalanine

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Viruses infecting algae have never been detected.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Which of the following bacterial genera is useful for the degradation of environmental pollutants?

A) Actinomyces B) Streptomyces C) Corynebacterium D) Rhizobium E) Nocardia

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