How to Use tyrosine in a Sentence

tyrosine

noun

• There’s potential to raise dopamine levels from foods that are high in tyrosine.
  — Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2022
• But tyrosine is just one of the 20 amino acids normally found in protein.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• One way is to eat foods that are high in tyrosine, such as avocados, bananas, and dark chocolate.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
• There is 200 mg of tyrosine, which is best known as a mood enhancer and cognitive enhancer.
  — Matt Cooper, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2022
• One other type of drug, called a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, blocks an enzyme that’s needed for tumor cells to grow and divide.
  — Linda Carroll, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
• Physicians had indeed moved their patients over to one of the newer tyrosine kinase inhibitors like Tasigna.
  — WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
• His tyrosine is part of a long chain that makes a protein, also called XIAP.
  — Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2010
• But in Nicholas, the one-letter change produces an entirely different amino acid, tyrosine.
  — Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2010
• Maintaining adequate levels of tyrosine in the body helps make the dieting process much easier to handle.
  — Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
• There’s no technological reason why a researcher couldn’t have switched the codons for one amino acid, like tyrosine, into the codons for another one, like alanine.
  — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 20 May 2021
• Sotyktu and the Nimbus drug are both inhibitors of an immune system protein called tyrosine kinase 2.
  — Ryan Cross, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
• Plants modify tyrosine by adding other molecules to create an enormous array of useful substances.
  — Veronique Greenwood, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2017
• For his part, Hunter performed research that led to an entirely new category of cancer drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2019
• The class of cancer drugs that block phosphorylation activity are called tyrosine kinase inhibitors.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• Except, of course, rather than leveraging the byproducts of alcoholic fermentation, their yeast spit out tyrosine, an amino acid precursor to opioids.
  — Lexi Pandell, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2015
• This mutation makes the cave fish unable to metabolize the amino acid tyrosine to make the pigment melanin, resulting in their colorless appearance.
  — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
• Other types of cancer treatment, such as immunotherapies and tyrosine kinase inhibitors, were not associated with a greater risk of death among the patients.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 28 May 2020
• Both monoclonal antibodies and tyrosine kinases now provide the basis for many new medicines coming to market.
  — Fred D. Ledley, STAT, 6 June 2018
• Unlike most supplements, which are taken daily, L-tyrosine is more effective in short-term situations.
  — Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 12 Apr. 2026
• Similar to Parmigiano but creamier, the cheese has been crafted and aged in Switzerland for centuries and is famed for its dense, fudgy texture with crunchy tyrosine crystals.
  — Julia Eskins, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2025
• Hunter made his reputation with the 1979 discovery of how enzymes called tyrosine kinases can cause cancer.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Apr. 2018
• The drug belongs to a large class of cancer drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors, the fruits of research by Tony Hunter at the Salk Institute four decades ago.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
• There's individual variability in how well L-tyrosine works.
  — Teresa Maalouf, Verywell Health, 12 Apr. 2026
• This research marks the first time scientists have identified the specific amino acids — arginine and tyrosine — that act as molecular glue, giving spider silk its legendary properties.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
• These arginine-tyrosine interactions remain active as the fiber solidifies.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
• Ibrutinib inhibits Bruton's tyrosine kinase, an enzyme used in B cell development.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Sep. 2017
• Choanoflagellates have genes for tyrosine kinases, enzymes that, in complex animals, help control the functions of specialized cells, such as insulin secretion in the pancreas.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 28 June 2018
• Supplementing with low-phenylalanine or phenylalanine-free amino acid supplements with tyrosine is recommended.
  — Lindsey Desoto, Rd, Ld, Health, 10 Aug. 2024
• In addition, protein-rich foods, like eggs and Greek yogurt, contain tyrosine and may enhance cognitive performance and even creativity, studies show.
  — Caitlin Carlson, Women's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
• One reason is fewer people are smoking, and improved treatments like epidermal growth-factor receptor tyrosine-kinase inhibitor are able to target non-small cell lung cancer mutations.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021