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asparagine [əˈspærəˌdʒiːn -dʒɪn] n (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins [from French, from Latin asparagus asparagus + -ine2]
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Indeed, he notes, the structure of the amino acid asparagine resembles acrylamide, and asparagine is potatoes' primary unbound amino acid. The remaining 12 (alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, cystine, glutamic acid, glycine, proline, glutamine, arginine, serine, and tyrosine) are called "non-essential" not because we don't need them, but because our bodies can make them, if necessary. L-asparaginase is an enzyme that depletes the amino acid asparagine, which certain leukemic cells are dependent upon for survival. |
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