carbamoylaspartate

carbamoylaspartate
car·bam·o·yl·as·par·tate (kahr-bam″o-əl-as-pahrґtāt) aspartate linked at the amino end to a carbamoyl moiety; it is an intermediate in pyrimidine biosynthesis.

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