Chemical Properties
crystalline powder
Uses
D-Asparagine is an isomer of L-Asparagine (A790005) and is used by bacteria (such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a sole nitrogen source for replication. L-Asparagine is also a competitive inhibitor of staphylococcal L-asparaginase and is used as a reagent to synthesize peptide antibiotics.
Definition
ChEBI: An optically active form of asparagine having D-configuration.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 35, p. 2994, 1987
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.35.2994