Chemicals and Drugs

Aspartate Kinase

An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of beta-aspartyl phosphate from aspartic acid and ATP. Threonine serves as an allosteric regulator of this enzyme to control the biosynthetic pathway from aspartic acid to threonine. EC 2.7.2.4.

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Abstract

An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of beta-aspartyl phosphate from aspartic acid and ATP. Threonine serves as an allosteric regulator of this enzyme to control the biosynthetic pathway from aspartic acid to threonine. EC 2.7.2.4.

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10 entry terms
  • Aspartokinase
  • Aspartyl Kinase
  • Kinase, Aspartate
  • Kinase, Aspartyl
  • Aspartate Kinase I
  • Aspartate Kinase II
  • Aspartate Kinase III
  • Kinase I, Aspartate
  • Kinase II, Aspartate
  • Kinase III, Aspartate

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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History Note

91(75); was see under PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES, ATP 1975-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Aspartic Acid (1974)
  • Phosphotransferases, ATP (1974)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Aspartate Kinase. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001222. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001222
  2. Aspartate Kinase. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24723219