Definition of Asparagine. Meaning of Asparagine. Synonyms of Asparagine

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Definition of Asparagine

Asparagine
Asparagine As*par"a*gine, n. [Cf. F. asparagine.] (Chem.) A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine.

Meaning of Asparagine from wikipedia

- Asparagine (symbol Asn or N) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. It contains an α-amino group (which is in the protonated...
- Asparagine synthetase (or aspartate-ammonia ligase) is a chiefly cytoplasmic enzyme that generates asparagine from aspartate. This amidation reaction...
- Fructose-asparagine (F-Asn) is a glycosylamine compound that is most notably used by Salmonella during Salmonella-mediated inflammation of the intestine...
- Asparagine peptide lyase are one of the seven groups in which proteases, also termed proteolytic enzymes, peptidases, or proteinases, are classified according...
- 1827 by Auguste-Arthur Plisson and Étienne Ossian Henry by hydrolysis of asparagine, which had been isolated from asparagus juice in 1806. Their original...
- is composed of lysine, asparagine, methionine, threonine, and isoleucine. Aspartate can be converted into lysine, asparagine, methionine and threonine...
- as safe. Asparaginase works by breaking down the amino acid known as asparagine without which the cancer cells cannot make protein. The most common nonhematological...
- Asparagine endopeptidase (AEP, mammalian legumain, δ-secretase; EC 3.4.22.34) is a proteolytic enzyme from C13 peptidase family which hydrolyses a peptide...
- acid Metalloproteases - using a metal, usually zinc Asparagine peptide lyases - using an asparagine to perform an elimination reaction (not requiring water)...
- Hypoxia-inducible factor-asparagine dioxygenase (EC 1.14.11.30, HIF hydroxylase) is an enzyme with systematic name hypoxia-inducible factor-L-asparagine, 2-oxoglutarate:oxygen...