Asparagine Nonpolar Amino Acids (hydrophobic) - Asparagine Non Essential Amino Acid

Asparagine is the amide of aspartic acid. Asparagine is one of the 20 most common natural amino acids on Earth. This amino acid increases the resistance to fatigue, thereby stepping up the stamina of athletes.

Asparagine Benefits and Uses

• Nervous system needs Asparagine to maintain the equilibrium and also in amino acid transformation. It also plays an important role in the synthesis of ammonia.

Asparagine Food Sources

Dairy products, beef, poultry, meat and eggs.

Structure of Asparagine Amino Acid

Asparagine has a high propensity to hydrogen bond, since the amide group can accept two and donate two hydrogen bonds. It is found on the surface as well as buried within proteins. A reaction between asparagine and reducing sugars or reactive carbonyls produces acrylamide (acrylic amide) in food when heated to sufficient temperature, i.e. baking.