aspartokinase


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aspartokinase

[ə‚spärd·ō′kī‚nās]
(biochemistry)
An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction of aspartic acid with adenosinetriphosphate to give aspartyl phosphate.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Improvement in the Production of L-Lysine by Over-expression of Aspartokinase (ASK) in C.
OPTIMIZATION OF PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS FOR HYPER- PRODUCTION OF LYSINE BY MUTATED STRAIN OF BREVIBACTERIUM FLAVUM
The blockage of homoserine synthesis at homoserine dehydrogenase step results in the release of the concerted feed back inhibition by threonine and L- lysine on aspartokinase. The aspartic semialdehyde produced proceeds to L-lysine through the L-lysine biosynthetic pathway.
Nutritional and Mutational Aspects of Lysine Production by Corynebacterium glutamicum Auxotrophs
When feedback-insensitive aspartokinase and dihydrodipicolinic acid synthase, enzymes in the synthetic pathway of lysine, are expressed in soybean, a five-fold increase in the amino acid has been observed (Falco et al., 1995).
Engineering soybean for enhanced sulfur amino acid content
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