CHEBI:16811 - methionine

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ChEBI Name methionine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:16811
Definition A sulfur-containing amino acid that is butyric acid bearing an amino substituent at position 2 and a methylthio substituent at position 4.
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:6829, CHEBI:25229, CHEBI:14590
Supplier Information ChemicalBook:CB6208758, ChemicalBook:CB9208759, eMolecules:495925
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Formula C5H11NO2S
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 149.21238
Monoisotopic Mass 149.05105
InChI InChI=1S/C5H11NO2S/c1-9-3-2-4(6)5(7)8/h4H,2-3,6H2,1H3,(H,7,8)
InChIKey FFEARJCKVFRZRR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES CSCCC(N)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (NCBI:txid3055) See: PubMed
Daphnia magna (NCBI:txid35525) See: Mixtures of similarly acting compounds in Daphnia magna: From gene to metabolite and beyondTine Vandenbrouck, Oliver A.H. Jones, Nathalie Dom, Julian L. Griffin, Wim De CoenEnvironment International 36 (2010) 254-268
Arabidopsis thaliana (NCBI:txid3702) See: PubMed
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCBI:txid4932) See: DOI
Escherichia coli (NCBI:txid562) See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base
A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid).
(via organic amino compound )
Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Biological Role(s): algal metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
Escherichia coli metabolite
Any bacterial metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Escherichia coli.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite
Any fungal metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae ).
plant metabolite
Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in plants, the kingdom that include flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms.
Daphnia magna metabolite
A Daphnia metabolite produced by the species Daphnia magna.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing methionine (CHEBI:16811) has functional parent butyric acid (CHEBI:30772)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) has role Daphnia magna metabolite (CHEBI:83056)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) has role Escherichia coli metabolite (CHEBI:76971)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) has role Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite (CHEBI:75772)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) has role plant metabolite (CHEBI:76924)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) is a α-amino acid (CHEBI:33704)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) is a sulfur-containing amino acid (CHEBI:26834)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) is conjugate acid of methioninate (CHEBI:32644)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) is conjugate base of methioninium (CHEBI:32646)
methionine (CHEBI:16811) is tautomer of methionine zwitterion (CHEBI:64558)
Incoming methionine derivative (CHEBI:25230) has functional parent methionine (CHEBI:16811)
methioninehydroxamic acid (CHEBI:75415) has functional parent methionine (CHEBI:16811)
D-methionine (CHEBI:16867) is a methionine (CHEBI:16811)
L-methionine (CHEBI:16643) is a methionine (CHEBI:16811)
methioninium (CHEBI:32646) is conjugate acid of methionine (CHEBI:16811)
methioninate (CHEBI:32644) is conjugate base of methionine (CHEBI:16811)
2-(methylsulfanyl)ethyl group (CHEBI:50332) is substituent group from methionine (CHEBI:16811)
methionine residue (CHEBI:32648) is substituent group from methionine (CHEBI:16811)
methionino group (CHEBI:25231) is substituent group from methionine (CHEBI:16811)
methionyl group (CHEBI:37902) is substituent group from methionine (CHEBI:16811)
methionine zwitterion (CHEBI:64558) is tautomer of methionine (CHEBI:16811)
IUPAC Name
methionine
Synonyms Sources
2-amino-4-(methylsulfanyl)butanoic acid IUPAC
2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid JCBN
2-Amino-4-(methylthio)butyric acid KEGG COMPOUND
α-amino-γ-methylmercaptobutyric acid NIST Chemistry WebBook
DL-Methionine KEGG DRUG
Hmet IUPAC
M ChEBI
Met ChEBI
Methionin ChEBI
Methionine KEGG COMPOUND
méthionine ChEBI
metionina ChEBI
Racemethionine KEGG DRUG
Manual Xrefs Databases
c0094 UM-BBD
C01733 KEGG COMPOUND
D04983 KEGG DRUG
Methionine Wikipedia
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
3117 Gmelin Registry Number Gmelin
59-51-8 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
59-51-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
636185 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
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10 June 2015