L-Asparagine

Historically, Asparagine was the first amino acid to be isolated from its natural source. Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin and Pierre Jean Robiquet isolated asparagine, from asparagus juice in 1806.

IUPAC Name: (2S)-2,4-Diamino-4-oxobutanoic acid
Symbol: Asn or N
Molecular Weight: 132.11792 g/mol
Molecular Formula: C4H8N2O3
Canonical SMILES: C(C(C(=O)O)N)C(=O)N
Isomeric SMILES: C([C@@H](C(=O)O)N)C(=O)N
InChIKey Identifier: DCXYFEDJOCDNAF-VYAUFGAVDT
CAS Number: 70-47-3
MDL Number: MFCD00064401
Melting point: 235 °C
Solubility in water: 20 g/L (20 °C)
2D Molfile: Get the molfile
3D PDB file: Get the PDB file
Other names: (S)-2-Aminosuccinic acid 4-amide; alpha-Aminosuccinamic acid; L-Aspartic acid 4-amide; (2S)-2-Amino-3-carbamoyl-propanoic acid

Load 3D Structure of Asparagine

L-Asparagine plays an important role in the biosynthesis of glycoproteins and is also essential to the synthesis of a large number of other proteins. The nervous system needs L-asparagine to maintain the equilibrium.

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