The disease phenylketonuria (PKU) illustrates how a nonessential amino acid can become conditionally essential as a result of a genetic disease. A person with PKU has a limited ability to metabolize the essential amino acid  

A. ascorbic acid.
B. lysine.
C. phenylalanine.
D. methionine.


Answer: C

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