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L aspartic acid

CAS number
56-84-8
Molecular formula
C4H7NO4
Molecular weight
133.1 g/mol
L aspartic acid — 2D structure
2D structure (PubChem)

About this molecule

Aspartic Acid is a non-essential amino acid in humans, Aspartic Acid has an overall negative charge and plays an important role in the synthesis of other amino acids and in the citric acid and urea cycles. Asparagine, arginine, lysine, methionine, isoleucine, and some nucleotides are synthesized from aspartic acid. Aspartic acid also serves as a neurotransmitter. (NCI04)

Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt), via PubChem.

Identifiers

IUPAC name
(2S)-2-aminobutanedioic acid
InChIKey
CKLJMWTZIZZHCS-REOHCLBHSA-N
SMILES
C([C@@H](C(=O)O)N)C(=O)O
Other CAS numbers recorded
6899-03-2
PubChem CID
5960

Also known as

L-aspartic acid · aspartic acid · (2S)-2-aminobutanedioic acid · Asparagic acid · L-Aminosuccinic acid · (S)-2-Aminosuccinic acid · Asparaginic acid · L-Asparaginic acid

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