asparagine
noun
as·par·a·gine
ə-ˈsper-ə-ˌjēn 
-ˈspa-rə-
: a nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 that is an amide of aspartic acid
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Spot On! Advertisement Advertisement There are also 11 non-essential amino acids—alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine, and tyrosine—that can be produced by your body.
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Stacey Colino, Time, 27 May 2025
Others, like asparagine to tyrosine at position 501 (N501Y) and serine to asparagine at position 477 (S477N), have been shown to increase ACE2 affinity by creating new hydrogen bonds.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Potatoes can be blanched to reduce sugar content, treated with an enzyme to remove much of the asparagine, or cooked for less time or at lower temperatures.
—Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2018
Acrylamide forms when bread is toasted and the amino acid asparagine reacts with sugars at high heat.
—Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2018
In both types, a protein backbone is studded with strings of sugars called glycans that are linked to either the amino acid asparagine (N-Glycans) or to the amino acids serine and threonine (O-Glycans).
—Diana Kwon, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2019
This insertion added the peptide GLTSKRN (glycine-leucine-threonine-serine-lysine-arginine-asparagine) between Spike protein positions 214 and 215.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
One changes the amino acid at position 202 from serine to asparagine.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
Rothamsted Research this month applied for a permit to field test wheat edited to contain less asparagine, an amino acid that becomes the carcinogen acrylamide when baked.
—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
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Stacey Colino, Time, 27 May 2025
Others, like asparagine to tyrosine at position 501 (N501Y) and serine to asparagine at position 477 (S477N), have been shown to increase ACE2 affinity by creating new hydrogen bonds.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
Potatoes can be blanched to reduce sugar content, treated with an enzyme to remove much of the asparagine, or cooked for less time or at lower temperatures.
—Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2018
Acrylamide forms when bread is toasted and the amino acid asparagine reacts with sugars at high heat.
—Kendall Powell, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2018
In both types, a protein backbone is studded with strings of sugars called glycans that are linked to either the amino acid asparagine (N-Glycans) or to the amino acids serine and threonine (O-Glycans).
—Diana Kwon, Discover Magazine, 9 July 2019
This insertion added the peptide GLTSKRN (glycine-leucine-threonine-serine-lysine-arginine-asparagine) between Spike protein positions 214 and 215.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
One changes the amino acid at position 202 from serine to asparagine.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2021
Rothamsted Research this month applied for a permit to field test wheat edited to contain less asparagine, an amino acid that becomes the carcinogen acrylamide when baked.
—Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 26 May 2021
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“Asparagine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/asparagine. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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asparagine
noun
as·par·a·gine
ə-ˈspar-ə-ˌjēn
: a white crystalline amino acid C4H8N2O3 that is an amide of aspartic acid
—abbreviation Asn
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