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Asparagine vs Asparaginase - What's the difference?

asparagine | asparaginase |

As nouns the difference between asparagine and asparaginase

is that asparagine is (amino acid) a nonessential amino acid c4h8n2o3 found in plants such as asparagus while asparaginase is (biochemistry) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy.

asparagine

English

(wikipedia asparagine)

Alternative forms

* aspargine

Noun

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  • (amino acid) A nonessential amino acid C4H8N2O3 found in plants such as asparagus.

    • Synonyms

    * Asn

    asparaginase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia asparaginase)
  • (biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy.