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Asparagine is a non-essential amino acid. Its abbreviations are Asn or N, and its codons are AAU or AAC. | Asparagine is a non-essential amino acid. Its abbreviations are Asn or N, and its codons are AAU or AAC. | ||
It provides an important site for asparagine-linked glycosylation (N-glycosylation) within peptides <ref>Kenneth W. Joy, Robert J. Ireland and Peter J. Lea, 'Asparagine Synthesis in Pea Leaves, and the Occurrence of an Asparagine Synthetase Inhibitor' Plant Physiology (1983) 73:165-168</ref>. | It provides an important site for asparagine-linked glycosylation (N-glycosylation) within peptides <ref>Kenneth W. Joy, Robert J. Ireland and Peter J. Lea, 'Asparagine Synthesis in Pea Leaves, and the Occurrence of an Asparagine Synthetase Inhibitor' Plant Physiology (1983) 73:165-168</ref><ref>Berg, J. M., Tymoczko, J. L., & Stryer, L. (2002). Biochemistry (5th ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman.</ref>. | ||
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=== References === | === References === | ||
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Latest revision as of 03:44, 30 November 2013
Asparagine is a non-essential amino acid. Its abbreviations are Asn or N, and its codons are AAU or AAC.
It provides an important site for asparagine-linked glycosylation (N-glycosylation) within peptides [1][2].
Synthesis
(transaminase) (asparagine synthase)
Oxaloacetate ⇒ Aspartate ⇒ Asparagine
glutamate → alpha-ketoglutarate glutamine → glutamate
ATP → AMP + PPi
