asparagine

American  

[uh-spar-uh-jeen, -jin] / əˈspær əˌdʒin, -dʒɪn /

noun

1. a white, crystalline, amino acid, NH 2 COCH 2 CH(NH2 )COOH, soluble in water, obtained from certain plants, especially legumes, and used chiefly as a nutrient in culture media for certain bacteria. Asn; N

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asparagine British  

/ -dʒɪn, əˈspærəˌdʒiːn /

noun

1. a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins

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asparagine Scientific  

/ ə-spăr′ə-jēn′ /

1. A nonessential amino acid. Chemical formula: C ₄ H ₈ N ₂ O ₃ .

2. See more at amino acid

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Etymology

Origin of asparagine

From French, dating back to 1805–15; asparagus, -ine ²

Example Sentences

Non-susceptible species lack lysine at this position, which has a large side chain; macaques instead have asparagine, which contributes to HBV resistance.

From Science Daily

"Mechanistically, we found that this was from low expression of asparagine synthetase, a quality that was distinct from other similar types of leukemia."

From Science Daily

Rothamsted Research this month applied for a permit to field test wheat edited to contain less asparagine, an amino acid that becomes the carcinogen acrylamide when baked.

From Science Magazine

And removing asparagine, an amino acid abundant in asparagus, from mouse diets curbed the spread of metastatic breast cancer, suggesting the diet could enhance drug treatments.

From Science Magazine

In this way, unlike its obscure co-workers norepinephrine and asparagine, dopamine has become a celebrity molecule.

From The Guardian