DL-asparagine
thumb|Asparagine ball and stick model spinning 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 −NH form under biological conditions), an α-carboxylic acid group (which is in the deprotonated −COO− form under biological conditions), and a side chain carboxamide, classifying it as a polar (at physiological pH), aliphatic amino acid. It is non-essential in humans, meaning the body can synthesize it. It is encoded by the codons AAU and AAC.
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DL-asparagine is a type of amino acid—one of the building blocks that cells use to make proteins—that exists in two mirror-image forms (D and L). While your body can produce asparagine on its own, it's still important for protein synthesis and various biological functions.
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Research
12 papers- The optical resolution of DL-aspartic acid, DL-glutamic acid, DL-asparagine and DL-glutamine by preferential crystallization.Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · 1965
- Copper(II) ion promoted hydrolysis of DL-asparagine and DL-isoasparagine.Acta pharmaceutica Suecica · 1969
- Methods for syntheses of N-methyl-DL-aspartic acid derivatives.Amino acids · 2007
- Salivary Metabolomics as a Diagnostic Tool: Distinct Metabolic Profiles Across Orofacial Pain Subtypes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
- Simultaneous measurement of amino acid enantiomers in the serum of late-life depression patients using convenient LC-MS/MS method with N(α)-(5-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl)-l-leucinamide Derivatization.Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis · 2023
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Structural function in proteins
- Sources
- Dietary sources
- Biosynthesis and catabolism
- Acrylamide controversy
- Function
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Asparagine ball and stick model spinning 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 −NH form under biological conditions), an α-carboxylic acid group (which is in the deprotonated −COO− form under biological conditions), and a side chain carboxamide, classifying it as a polar (at physiological pH), aliphatic amino acid. It is non-essential in humans, meaning the body can synthesize it. It is encoded by the codons AAU and AAC.
The one-letter symbol N for asparagine was assigned arbitrarily, with the proposed mnemonic asparagiNe;