The amino acid, L-asparagine, is a nutritional requirement of both normal
and cancer cells. Unlike normal cells,
however, certain leukemic cells cannot
synthesize asparagine and must conse quently rely on an external supply in the
plasma and tissues. The administration
of the enzyme, L-asparaginase, destroys
this free source of asparagine, starving
and killing certain cancer cells.
The amino acid, L-asparagine, is a nutritional requirement of both normaland cancer cells. Unlike normal cells,however, certain leukemic cells cannotsynthesize asparagine and must conse quently rely on an external supply in theplasma and tissues. The administrationof the enzyme, L-asparaginase, destroysthis free source of asparagine, starvingand killing certain cancer cells.
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