In the third step of the urea cycle, this molecule reacts with citrulline and ATP to produce AMP, pyrophosphate, and arginosuccinate.
In the third step of the urea cycle, this molecule reacts with citrulline and ATP to produce AMP, pyrophosphate, and arginosuccinate. It is the source of one nitrogen in the bio-synthesis of inositol, and levels of its namesake amino-transferase are indicative of liver function. That enzyme is responsible for the production of this molecule from oxalo-acetate, and also plays a role in moving electrons across the inner mitochondrial membrane in the shuttle named for malate and this molecule. Like a nearly identical, slightly larger compound, it can stimulate NMDA receptors, and it is the least alkaline amino acid. FTP, name this non-essential amino acid with a CH2-COOH side-chain that, with phenylalanine, comprises the artificial sweetener found in Nutrasweet and is abbreviated Asp.
In the third step of the urea cycle, this molecule reacts with citrulline and ATP to produce AMP, pyrophosphate, and arginosuccinate.
{aspartic acid} [accept {aspartate}; do NOT accept "aspartame"]