Ultraviolet A (UVA) irradiation is responsible for a variety of changes in cell biology. The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of aspartic acid on UVA irradiation-induced damages in the stemness properties of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSCs). Furthermore, we elucidated the UVA-antagonizing mechanisms of aspartic acid. The results of this study showed t...

Aspartic acid, like glutamic acid, occupies a central position in amino acid metabolism. In most tissues it takes part in the transamination reaction (1). In the liver and the kidney, where all amino acids undergo cleamination, the rate of this process for aspartic acid is second only to glutamic acid (2). For these reasons, one would expect the exchange of amino nitrogen of aspartic acid with ...

Recently, Weiner and Hood (Science 190:987989, 1975) reported the use of an acid hydrolysis procedure in the study of the aspartic acid linkages of the soluble protein of the organic matrix of mollusk shells. Peptide bonds on both sides of aspartic acid residues have been shown to be particularly labile to hydrolysis by dilute acetic or hydrochloric acids (SCHULTZ et al, Biochemistry 1:694-698,...

Some selected amino acids, in particular L-aspartic acid (L-Asp) and L-histidine (L-His), can function as leaving group during polymerase-catalyzed incorporation of deoxyadenosine monophosphate (dAMP) in DNA. Although L-Asp-dAMP and L-His-dAMP bind, most probably, in a different way in the active site of the enzyme, aspartic acid and histidine can be considered as mimics of the pyrophosphate mo...

Suspensions of Clostridium welchii (strain SR 12) quantitatively decarboxylate the L isomers of aspartic (1) and glutamic acids (2) to ar-alanine and y-aminobutyric acid, respectively. Although a quantitative procedure for the determination of glutamic acid based upon decarboxylation with this organism has been described (3), it has been found that aspartic acid, especially in the presence of c...

Interaction between aspartic acid and D-glucose, D-galactose, and D-fructose has been studied by isothermal titration calorimetry, calorimetry of dissolution, and densimetry. It has been found that D-glucose and D-fructose form thermodynamically stable associates with aspartic acid, in contrast to D-galactose. The selectivity in the interaction of aspartic acid with monosaccharides is affected ...

In this study, the effects of sodium lauryl sulfate and various amino acids (DL-aspartic acid, dodecanedioic suberic acid) on formation calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite via hydrolysis α-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP) were investigated; moreover, a combined effect these additives ethylene glycol as synthesis medium was also estimated. The reaction performed in solutions containing different concen...

The mammary gland is a system in which the components of the blood stream which are used by body tissues for protein synthesis can be readily investigated (Barry, 1956). Previous work has shown that the mammary gland takes the free essential amino acids from the blood stream to provide the essential amino acids of casein (Barry, 1952; Campbell & Work, 1952; Askonas, Campbell, Godin & Work, 1955...

The effect of aspartic acid on the adsorption of Pb(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Co(II), and Mn(II) on kaolinite at 25 degrees C in the presence of 5 mM KNO3 was investigated by means of potentiometric titrations and adsorption measurements over a range of pH and concentration. Data were modeled by extended constant capacitance models. Aspartic acid slightly enhanced the adsorption of Pb(II), Zn(II), a...