Terms & Properties

Preferred Name:  Aspartic Acid

Definition:  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)

CRCH Definition:  Amino acid with side chain -CH2COO-.

Display Name:  Aspartic Acid

Label:  Aspartic Acid

NCI Thesaurus Code:  C29608 (Search for linked caDSR metadata)   (search value sets)

NCI Metathesaurus Link:  C0004015  (see NCI Metathesaurus info)

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

(S)-Aminobutanedioic acid

Asp

Aspartic Acid

ASPARTIC ACID

External Source Codes: 

CAS Registry Number	56-84-8 (see NLM ChemIDplus info)
FDA UNII Code	30KYC7MIAI
ChEBI ID	CHEBI:17053 (see ChEBI info)
UMLS CUI	C0004015

Other Properties:

Name	Value (qualifiers indented underneath)
Chemical_Formula	C4H7NO4
code	C29608
Contributing_Source	CRCH
Contributing_Source	CTRP
Contributing_Source	FDA
INFOODS	ASP_G
Legacy Concept Name	Aspartic_Acid
NSC Number	3973
NSC Number	79553
Semantic_Type	Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein
Unit	g
USDA_ID	514

Additional Concept Data: 

Defined Fully by Roles: No

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