... to the same or a second carboxylate group. For aspartate, the unbalanced position of its amino group between a pair of carboxylates allows its occasional biorecognition as a β - rather than as an α. - amino acid, whereas for proline and its homologs, their cyclic arrangement may allow the imino group, without...

...K. Tiihonen; M. Nikinmaa 17 7 1991 © 1991 by Company of Biologists 1991 carp erythrocyte metabolism lactate pyruvate glutamine glucose glutamate aspartate isoleucine adenosine Cyprinus carpio Compared with the anucleated mammalian erythrocytes, which rely...

... acids (glutamate and aspartate), causes a lowered brain activity and, hence, is a key factor behind the decrease in physical activity and systemic energy metabolism seen in anoxic Carassius . The brain levels of serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine were remarkably well preserved after anoxia (although...