Application
L-Aspartic acid has been used:as a metabolite to study the enzyme–metabolite interactions in the central metabolism of Escherichia coli by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)in transmission electron microscopyas a component of complete media for culturing Yeast strain
Biochem/physiol Actions
Principal neurotransmitter for fast synaptic excitation.
L-Aspartic acid is associated with protein biosynthesis (proteinogenic) and neurotransmission
General description
Aspartic acid (Asp) is a non-essential amino acid. It makes up to 5% of the amino acids in a protein. The GAC and GAU codons encode Asp. This is a chiral molecule and occurs in two enantiomers namely L-Asp and D-Asp.
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