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     What Does It Do for Your Body?
    What Does It Do for Your Body?
    Asparagine is one of the 20 amino acids that make up the building blocks of proteins in living organisms. It has a polar, aliphatic side chain that contains a carboxamide group.
    History

    Asparagine was first isolated in 1806 in a crystalline form by French chemists Louis Nicolas Vauquelin and Pierre Jean Robiquet (then a young assistant). It was isolated from asparagus juice, in which it is abundant, … See more

    Structural function in proteins

    Since the asparagine side-chain can form hydrogen bond interactions with the peptide backbone, asparagine residues are often found near the beginning of alpha-helices as asx turns and asx motifs, and in similar turn motifs, or as … See more

    Sources

    Asparagine is not essential for humans, which means that it can be synthesized from central metabolic pathway intermediates and is not required in the diet.
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    Function

    Asparagine synthetase is required for normal development of the brain. Asparagine is also involved in protein synthesis during replication of poxviruses.
    The addition of N-acetylglucosamine to asparagin… See more