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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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- 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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- Aspartic Acid (1974)
- Phosphotransferases, ATP (1974)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Aspartate Kinase. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001222. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001222
- Aspartate Kinase. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24723219