Asparagine
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Asparagine is one of the 20 most common natural amino acids on Earth. It has carboxamide as the side chain's functional group.
A byproduct of the breakdown of asparagine (asparagine-amino-succinic-acid monoamide) is also blamed for the smell in some people's urine after they have eaten asparagus. (Some scientists disagree and implicate other substances in the smell, especially methanethiol.)
- Chemical formula: NH2CH(CH2CONH2)COOH
- Abbreviation: Asn / N
- Mass: 132.1
- pK1 (α-COOH): 2.14
- pK2 (α-NH3+): 8.72
- Protein Occurrence: 4.3%de:Asparagin
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