L-Aspartic Acid (13C4, 99%) Microbiological/Pyrogen Tested. Labelled analogue of L-Aspartic Acid, a non-essential amino acid found in food sources. Aspartic Acid is one of the 20 proteinogenic amino acids; the building blocks of proteins. Its conjugate base L-aspartate is an excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system.
ChEBI: L-aspartic acid is the L-enantiomer of aspartic acid. It has a role as an Escherichia coli metabolite, a mouse metabolite and a neurotransmitter. It is an aspartate family amino acid, a proteinogenic amino acid, an aspartic acid and a L-alpha-amino acid. It is a conjugate acid of a L-aspartate(1-). It is an enantiomer of a D-aspartic acid.