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Aspartate also known as [[Aspartic acid|Aspartic ]][[Aspartic acid|Acid]]&nbsp;is an α-[[Amino acid|amino acid]]&nbsp;which contains two acidic side chains making it one of the two negativley charged amino acids (the other being [[Glutamic Acid|Glutamic Acid]]) <ref>Berg, J. Stryer, L. Tymoczko, J. (2011) Biochemistry, 7th Edition, New York: W.H Freeman and Company. Chapter 2, Page 31.</ref>.  
Aspartate also known as [[Aspartic acid|Aspartic ]][[Aspartic acid|Acid]]&nbsp;is an α-[[Amino acid|amino acid]]&nbsp;which contains two acidic side chains making it one of the two negativley charged amino acids (the other being [[Glutamic Acid|Glutamic Acid]]) <ref>Berg, J. Stryer, L. Tymoczko, J. (2011) Biochemistry, 7th Edition, New York: W.H Freeman and Company. Chapter 2, Page 31.</ref><ref>Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L., &amp; Stryer, L. (2002). Biochemistry (5th ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman.</ref>.  


'''Single Letter Code:&nbsp;'''D  
Single Letter Code:'''&nbsp;'''D  


'''Three Letter Code:&nbsp;'''Asp<br>  
Three Letter Code:'''&nbsp;'''Asp<br>  


[[Image:Aspartic acid.gif]][[Image:Aspartate5.gif]]  
[[Image:Aspartic acid.gif]][[Image:Aspartate5.gif]]  
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=== References  ===
=== References  ===


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Aspartate also known as Aspartic Acid is an α-amino acid which contains two acidic side chains making it one of the two negativley charged amino acids (the other being Glutamic Acid) [1][2].

Single Letter Code: D

Three Letter Code: Asp

References

  1. Berg, J. Stryer, L. Tymoczko, J. (2011) Biochemistry, 7th Edition, New York: W.H Freeman and Company. Chapter 2, Page 31.
  2. Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L., & Stryer, L. (2002). Biochemistry (5th ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman.