Talk:Aspartic acid
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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · history · watch · refresh) There must be more clarity to all the redirects, and some chemistry to the article before it can be rated higher than stub. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 19:12, 4 March 2007 (UTC). |
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[edit] Aspartate/Aspartame/etc
How does Aspartate (redirected to Aspartic acid by Wikipedia) compare to Aspartame, the artificial sweetener? The reason I ask is, I found a protein drink that said it contained Aspartate. It had a warning on it for Phenolketonurics that it contains Phenolalynine. I have always associated that notice with Aspartame. Are Aspartate and Aspartame the same thing? Dan 15:16, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
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- Aspartate is the metabolised form of Aspartame 203.97.255.148 (talk) 10:53, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi, the answer should be pretty simple if you read the pages on aspartame, phenylalanine, and phenylketonuria. Aspartame is composed of aspartic acid and phenylalanine. I don't think the discussion page is meant for question-and-answer sessions though. However, if the pages I mentioned previously aren't enough to answer your question on their own, then perhaps they need to be updated. Eddietoran 20:25, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] D/L conformations
I think this page should explain why our bodies use L-aspartic acid for proteinogenesis and D-aspartic acid as a neurotransmitter, and how it converts one to the other. Eddietoran 20:25, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&list_uids=11093665&cmd=Retrieve&indexed=google states that "D-Aspartic acid can be enzymatically biotransformed with D-amino acid oxidase and aminotransferase to L-aspartic acid." Eddietoran 20:32, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Should be aspartate
Aspartate (the deprotonated form) is the physiological form in vivo. Aspartic acid is not a physiological amino acid
[edit] Amino acid name
According to the 61st addition of the CRC (page C-112) handbook of Chemistry, Aspartic acid is also referred to as Aminosuccinic acid. This name should probably be added to the IUPAC name as well. I would add it myself, but it would probably be removed if no reason were given. I'm fairly confident that anyone in medicinal chemistry would agree that Aminosuccinic acid and Aspartic acid are two terms describing the same chemical. NatePhysics (talk) 04:59, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] IUPAC NAme and Structure
The structure does not match either the CAS Number or the IUPAC Name as there is no stereochemistry in the structure--ChemSpiderMan (talk) 05:12, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
