See Also: Asparagine(medicine)
Asparagine(health)
asparagine(dictionary)
asparagine(encyclopedia)
asparagine permease(medicine)
asparagine synthetase(medicine)
asparagine-N-glycosyltransferase(medicine)
asparagine-oxo-acid aminotransferase(medicine)
protein NH2-terminal asparagine deamidase(medicine)

asparagine (sh)




One of the nonessential amino acids, widely distributed in plant proteins and closely related to aspartic acid.

First isolated in 1806 from asparagus, it is used in medicine and biochemical research.