Aspartic acid

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Aspartic acid
Baw-an-stick model o the L-aspartic acid molecule as a zwitterion
Names
IUPAC names
Trivial: Aspartic acid
Systematic: 2-Aminobutanedioic acid
Ither names
Aminosuccinic acid, asparagic acid, asparaginic acid[1]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
EC Nummer 200-291-6
KEGG
UNII
Properties
C4H7NO4
Molar mass 133.10 g·mol−1
Appearance colourless crystals
Density 1.7 g/cm3
Meltin pynt 270 °C (518 °F; 543 K)
Bylin pynt 324 °C (615 °F; 597 K) (decompones)
4.5 g/L[2]
Acidity (pKa) 3.9
Hazards
NFPA 704
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondFlammability code 1: Must be pre-heatit afore igneetion can occur. Flash pynt ower 93 °C (200 °F). E.g., canola ileHealth code 1: Exposur would cause irritation but anly minor residual injury. E.g., turpentineReactivity code 0: Normally stable, even unner fire exposur condeetions, an is nae reactive wi watter. E.g., liquid nitrogenSpecial hazards (white): no code
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Infobox references

Aspartic acid (abbreviatit as Asp or D; encodit bi the codons [GAU an GAC]), kent as aspartate an aw, is an α-amino acid that is uised in the biosynthesis o proteins. It conteens an α-amino group (which is in the protonated −NH+
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form unner biological condeetions), an α-carboxylic acid group (which is in the deprotonatit −COO form unner biological condeetions), an a side chain CH2COOH. Unner physiological condeetions in proteins the sidechain uisually occurs as the negatively chairged aspartate form, −COO. It is semi-essential in humans, meanin the bouk can seenthesize it frae oxaloacetate.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "862. Aspartic acid". The Merck Index (11th ed.). 1989. p. 132. ISBN 0-911910-28-X.
  2. "ICSC 1439 - L-ASPARTIC ACID". inchem.org.