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Asparaginase, found in various plant, animal and bacterial cells. Asparaginase catalyses the deamination of asparagine to yield aspartic acid and an ammonium ion, resulting in a depletion of free circulatory asparagine in plasma. The enzyme is effective in the treatment of human malignant lymphomas, which have a diminished capacity to produce asparagine synthetase: in order to survive, such cells absorb asparagine from blood plasma..- if Asn levels have been depleted by injection of asparaginase, the lymphoma cells die.
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