n.
A salt or ester of aspartic acid.
[ASPART(IC ACID) + -ATE2.]
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Asp; any salt of aspartic acid; aspartic acid in dissociated form.
- a. carbamoyl transferase — enzyme catalyzing the condensation of carbamoyl phosphate and l-aspartate to N-carbamoyl-l-aspartate. A regulatory, allosteric enzyme in the synthesis of pyrimidine nucleotides.
- a. transaminase — see aspartate aminotransferase.
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