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Meaning of "asparagine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ASPARAGINE

From French, from Latin asparagusasparagus + -ine².
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PRONUNCIATION OF ASPARAGINE

asparagine  [əˈspærəˌdʒiːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ASPARAGINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Asparagine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ASPARAGINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

asparagine

Asparagine

Asparagine is one of the 20 most common natural amino acids on Earth. It has carboxamide as the side-chain's functional group. It is not an essential amino acid. Its codons are AAU and AAC. A reaction between asparagine and reducing sugars or reactive carbonyls produces acrylamide in food when heated to sufficient temperature. These products occur in baked goods such as French fries, potato chips, and toasted bread.

Definition of asparagine in the English dictionary

The definition of asparagine in the dictionary is a nonessential amino acid, a component of proteins.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ASPARAGINE


antigene
ˈæntɪˌdʒiːn
cymogene
ˈsaɪməˌdʒiːn
Eogene
ˈiːəʊˌdʒiːn
epigene
ˈɛpɪˌdʒiːn
gasogene
ˈɡæsəˌdʒiːn
hypogene
ˈhaɪpəˌdʒiːn
indigene
ˈɪndɪˌdʒiːn
melongene
ˈmɛlənˌdʒiːn
Neogene
ˈniːəˌdʒiːn
oncogene
ˈɒŋkəʊˌdʒiːn
Palaeogene
ˈpælɪəˌdʒiːn
paleogene
ˈpælɪəʊˌdʒiːn
pathogene
ˈpæθəˌdʒiːn
photogene
ˈfəʊtəʊˌdʒiːn
plasmagene
ˈplæzməˌdʒiːn
polygene
ˈpɒlɪˌdʒiːn
seltzogene
ˈsɛltsəˌdʒiːn
supergene
ˈsuːpərˌdʒiːn
transgene
ˈtrænzˌdʒiːn
virogene
ˈvaɪrəˌdʒiːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ASPARAGINE

asp
asp viper
Aspadana
asparaginase
asparagus
asparagus fern
asparagus spears
asparagus tips
asparkle
aspartame
aspartate
aspartic acid
Aspasia
ASPCA
aspect
aspect ratio
aspectable
aspectual
aspen
asper

WORDS THAT END LIKE ASPARAGINE

aubergine
compression-ignition engine
diesel engine
disimagine
engine
fire engine
fuel injection engine
gas engine
imagine
internal-combustion engine
petrol engine
reimagine
replacement engine
search engine
steam engine
steam-engine
Stirling engine
tagine
tank engine
turbo engine

Synonyms and antonyms of asparagine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «asparagine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ASPARAGINE

Find out the translation of asparagine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of asparagine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «asparagine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

天冬酰胺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asparagina
570 millions of speakers

English

asparagine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

asparagine
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأسباراجين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аспарагин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

asparagina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

asparagine
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

asparagine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Asparagine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Asparagin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アスパラギン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아스파라긴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Asparagine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

asparagin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அஸ்பரஜின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एस्पिरॅगिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

asparagin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

asparagina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

asparagina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аспарагин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

asparagina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ασπαραγίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

asparagien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

asparagin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

asparagin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of asparagine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ASPARAGINE»

The term «asparagine» is regularly used and occupies the 86.842 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ASPARAGINE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «asparagine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «asparagine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about asparagine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASPARAGINE»

Discover the use of asparagine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to asparagine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine
Aspartic Acid (Asp) HOOC HOOC COOH COOH ASPARAGINE O ASPARTIC ACID NH2 NH2 Aspartic acid, or aspartate, is pivotal in amino acid metabolism. Aspartic acid aids in the detoxification of ammonia via the urea cycle (Figure 4.9).
Richard S. Lord, J. Alexander Bralley, 2008
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Chemistry and Safety of Acrylamide in Food
These high yields are probably due the high sixfold molar ratio of fructose to asparagine. In our study, the molar concentration of free asparagine in the dough was about 500 times smaller compared to glucose or fructose. Thus, free ...
Mendel Friedman, Don Mottram, 2006
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Plant Nitrogen
Asparagine Asparagine is almost universally used by higher plants as a storage and transport compound, although glutamine and arginine are also used by some plants (Lea and Ireland 1999). Asparagine synthesis is particularly important in ...
Peter J. Lea, Jean-Francois Morot-Gaudry, 2001
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Handbook of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
to degrade by deamidation and isoaspartate formation at four susceptible asparagine residues, and the stability of a recombinant adenovirus AV3760 has demonstrated considerable improvement after site-directed mutagenesis of the key ...
Shayne Cox Gad, 2007
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Enzyme Handbook: Class 2.5- EC 2.7.1.104 Transferases
17 2-Oxosuccinamic acid + aspartate [2] 18 2-Oxosuccinamic acid + homoserine [2] 19 L-Asparagine + 2-oxobutanoate (r, weak) [2] 20 L-Asparagine + pyruvate [2 , 3] 21 L-Asparagine + 4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutarate [3] 22 L-Asparagine + ...
Dietmar Schomburg, Margit Salzmann, Dörte Stephan, 1997
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Proteins: Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Asparaginase catalyses the hydrolysis of the amino acid asparagine, yielding aspartic acid and ammonia (Figure 6.8). The enzyme is a tetramer with a molecular mass in the region of 130 kDa. It may be purified from a wide variety of  ...
Gary Walsh, 2002
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Protein Misfolding, Aggregation and Conformational Diseases: ...
Glutamine/asparagine-rich sequences are physiologically used for prion-based propagation of yeast phenotype mediated by Ure2 and Sup35, which accommodate yeast cells to changes of the nutritional condition. In addition, the repeat ...
Vladimir N. Uversky, Anthony Fink, 2007
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Pharmacology
BLOOD Exogenous asparaginase Aspartate Asparagine NORMAL CELL Aspartate Asparagine Glutamine Glutamate Asparagine synthetase Protein synthesis Normal cells have high levels of asparagine synthetase and are able to make ...
Michelle A. Clark, Richard A. Harvey, Richard Finkel, 2011
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Childhood Leukemias
Ching-Hon Pui. L-Asparaginase —> Aspartic acid + NH3 Asparagine + H20 Aspartic acid cathepsin B Glutamine + ATP Asparaginyl endopeptidase Glutamic acid + AMP Asparagine ...
Ching-Hon Pui, 2012
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Flour and Breads and their Fortification in Health and ...
Fortification with Free Amino Acids Affects Acrylamide Content in Yeast Leavened Bread 327 FIGURE 30.2 Content of free asparagine in whole grain and milling fractions of rye, oats, and wheat. The content of free asparagine is higher in rye ...
Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, Vinood B. Patel, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASPARAGINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term asparagine is used in the context of the following news items.
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At least idle Australians know how to snack well
Asparaginase, an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, can be used in chemotherapy in one form, though its ... «FoodNavigator-Asia.com, Jun 15»
2
Engineering the perfect spud
It will also contain much lower than normal levels of reducing sugars and asparagine — naturally occurring chemicals in many starchy foods ... «Foodprocessing, Jun 15»
3
A look at the Innate Potato by FrankenFoodFacts
When potatoes are heated, a chemical reaction (known as the Maillard reaction) occurs between the amino acid asparagine and sugars (such ... «PotatoPro, Jun 15»
4
Chips can kill: Official
... asparagine, and reducing sugars. However, several other pathways and precursors have also been proposed to contribute to AA formation. «The Register, Jun 15»
5
Acrylamide in food is a public health concern
Acrylamide forms from sugars and amino acids (mainly one called asparagine) that are naturally present in many foods. Acrylamide also has ... «Chemie.de, Jun 15»
6
The Quest to Engineer the Perfect Potato
Asparagine is responsible for the accumulation of acrylamide, which may increase the risk of certain cancers, during cooking. To deliver the ... «MIT Technology Review, Jun 15»
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Eating Charred Foods With Acrylamide Increases Cancer Risk: What …
Sugars and amino acids, most notably asparagine, that are naturally found in certain foods are what produces acrylamide. The chemical ... «Medical Daily, Jun 15»
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Mutations of the functional ARH1 allele in tumors from ARH1 …
... use different proteins, and in some instances, different amino acids (for example, asparagine, cysteine and modified histidine) as substrates. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
9
Acrylamide in food and drink
Acrylamide is formed when free asparagine participates in the final stages of the reaction. The Maillard reaction is a form of non-enzymatic ... «Food Science & Technology, Jun 15»
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Researchers at Sandia Labs developing new take on chemotherapy
WHAT THIS DOES IS REMOVE A NUTRIENT KNOWN AS ASPARAGINE. BY REMOVING IT, THAT CANCER CELL WILL STRUGGLE UP. «KOAT Albuquerque, May 15»

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