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aspartate
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aspartate /as·par·tate/ (ah-spahr´tāt) a salt of aspartic acid, or aspartic acid in dissociated form.
a·spar·tate (-spärtt)
n.
1. A salt of aspartic acid.
2. An ester of aspartic acid.

aspartate [ah-spahr´tāt]
any salt of aspartic acid; aspartic acid in dissociated form.

aspartate
Asp; any salt of aspartic acid; aspartic acid in dissociated form.

aspartate 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.
aspartate transaminase

aspartate
Biochemistry A nonessential amino acid that has a central role in transferring amino groups by aspartate aminotransferase in the liver; in proteins, aspartate takes the form of its amide, asparagine. See Aspartame, Aspartate aminotransferase.


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