L-Aspartic Acid → Ammonium

HRID 366981Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 366981 reaction equation
N.[NH2:2][C@H:3]([C:8]([OH:10])=[O:9])[CH2:4][C:5]([OH:7])=[O:6].N[C@H](C(O)=O)CC(O)=O>>[C:8]([O-:10])(=[O:9])/[CH:3]=[CH:4]/[C:5]([O-:7])=[O:6].[NH4+:2]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 5960L-Aspartic AcidHCID 44153776Monoammonium aspartate

Product 2

HCID 223AmmoniumHCID 5460307Fumarate

Procedure

Aspartase (L-aspartate ammonia-lyase, E.C. 4.3.1.1) catalyzes the reversible deamination of L-aspartic acid to yield fumarate and ammonium ions (or salts). This deamination reaction is represented by the Formula I: ##STR1##

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6fa9be7089104ca0bf7a670d226150b1
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2000_10
Patent number
US06133013

Reaction notes

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