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An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate, the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and threonine.Syn: aspartate kinase
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Aspartokinase — (or Aspartate kinase) is an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of the amino acid aspartate. This reaction is the first step in the biosynthesis of three essential amino acids: methionine, lysine, and Threonine, known as the aspartate… … Wikipedia
aspartokinase — Enzyme that phosphorylates L aspartate to produce aspartyl phosphate … Dictionary of molecular biology
aspartokinase — as·par·to·kin·ase (ə spär tō kīʹnās) n. An enzyme that catalyzes aspartic acid phosphorylation by ATP. [aspartic acid + kinase.] * * * … Universalium
aspartokinase — as·par·to·ki·nase ə .spärt ō kī .nās, .nāz n an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of aspartic acid by ATP … Medical dictionary
aspartokinase — as·par·to·kinase … English syllables
aspartokinase — əˌspärd.ōˌ noun Etymology: aspartic acid + o + kinase : an enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of aspartic acid by ATP … Useful english dictionary
metabolism — /meuh tab euh liz euhm/, n. 1. Biol., Physiol. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Cf. anabolism, catabolism … Universalium
Lysine — Lysine … Wikipedia
Protein — Proteins are large organic compounds made of amino acids arranged in a linear chain and joined together by peptide bonds between the carboxyl and amino groups of adjacent amino acid residues. The sequence of amino acids in a protein is defined by … Wikipedia
Methionine — Methionine … Wikipedia
