|
||||||
| "
Compounds that taste umami include glutamate
salts such as monosodium and monopotassium glutamate (MSG
and MPG, respectively), nucleotide monophosphate (IMP,
GMP), certain peptides and amino acids such as aspartate.
Aspartate (the conjugate base of aspartic acid) stimulates
NMDA receptors, though not as strongly as the amino acid
neurotransmitter glutamate does.[3] It serves as an excitatory
neurotransmitter in the brain and is an excitotoxin.
"..
Read
more about Aspartate |
||||||
Aspartate
3D
Molecular Structure using Jmol
|
|
To
Rotate Molecule
-->> To
Zoom-->> Jmol
Menu --->> To view Using Chime -- PDB Structure of Aspartate Molecule NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE CHIME INSTALLED |
|