Definition of "aspartate" []

• A salt or ester of aspartic acid. (noun)

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• "Chelates have amino acid kinds of endings, i.e., magnesium aspartate, which is a magnesium and aspartic acid."
• "These enzymes are similar in functional properties to aspartate transcarbamylase and its regulators (Section 10.1)."
• "Klaus wanted me to analyze the active site of the enzyme aspartate transcarbamylase by chemically modifying different amino acids within it, and gave me a bench in a student lab."