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FUNCTION AND ROLE OF ASPARTIC ACID

Aspartic acid (aspartic acid, can be abbreviated as Asp or D) is an α-amino acid with the chemical formula HOOCCH2CH(NH2)COOH. The L-isomer of aspartic acid is one of the 20 protein amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. Its codons are GAU and GAC. It is the same acidic amino acid …

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