"Asparaginase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A hydrolase enzyme that converts L-asparagine and water to L-aspartate and NH3. EC 3.5.1.1.
| Descriptor ID |
D001215
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.087.116
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| Concept/Terms |
Asparaginase- Asparaginase
- Asparagine Deaminase
- Deaminase, Asparagine
- Colaspase
- Asparaginase II
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asparaginase" by people in Profiles.
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Anishkin A, Vanegas JM, Rogers DM, Lorenzi PL, Chan WK, Purwaha P, Weinstein JN, Sukharev S, Rempe SB. Catalytic Role of the Substrate Defines Specificity of Therapeutic l-Asparaginase. J Mol Biol. 2015 Aug 28; 427(17):2867-85.
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Chan WK, Lorenzi PL, Anishkin A, Purwaha P, Rogers DM, Sukharev S, Rempe SB, Weinstein JN. The glutaminase activity of L-asparaginase is not required for anticancer activity against ASNS-negative cells. Blood. 2014 Jun 05; 123(23):3596-606.