aspartate transaminase

aspartate transaminase /as·par·tate trans·am·i·nase/ (AST) (ASAT) (trans-am´ĭ-nās) an enzyme normally present in body tissues, especially in the heart and liver; it is released into the serum as the result of tissue injury, hence the concentration in the serum (SGOT) may be increased in disorders such as myocardial infarction or acute damage to hepatic cells.

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aspartate transaminase.

See aspartate aminotransferase.

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aspartate transaminase (AST) (ASAT) [ah-spahr´tāt trans-am´ĭ-nās]

an enzyme that catalyzes the reversible transfer of an amino group from aspartate to α-ketoglutarate to form glutamate and oxaloacetate, requiring the coenzyme pyridoxal phosphate; it is normally present in serum and in various body tissues, especially in the heart and liver. (See accompanying table.) It is released into the serum as the result of tissue injury, especially injury to the heart or liver, hence the concentration in the serum may be increased in myocardial infarction or acute damage to hepatic cells. Serum levels are also increased in some muscle diseases, such as progressive muscular dystrophy. Called also glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase.

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aspartate

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

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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

see aspartate aminotransferase.

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