CHEBI:21557 - N-acetyl-L-methionine

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ChEBI Name N-acetyl-L-methionine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:21557
ChEBI ASCII Name N-acetyl-L-methionine
Definition An L-methionine derivative that is L-methionine in which one of the amine hydrogens is substituted by an acetyl group.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:40767
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Formula C7H13NO3S
Net Charge 0
Average Mass 191.250
Monoisotopic Mass 191.06161
InChI InChI=1S/C7H13NO3S/c1-5(9)8-6(7(10)11)3-4-12-2/h6H,3-4H2,1-2H3,(H,8,9)(H,10,11)/t6-/m0/s1
InChIKey XUYPXLNMDZIRQH-LURJTMIESA-N
SMILES CSCC[C@H](NC(C)=O)C(O)=O
Metabolite of Species Details
Trypanosoma brucei brucei (NCBI:txid5702) of strain WT427 See: MetaboLights Study
Trypanosoma brucei brucei (NCBI:txid5702) of strain WT427 See: PubMed
Roles Classification
Chemical Role(s): Bronsted acid
A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Bronsted base).
(via oxoacid )
Application(s): nutraceutical
A product in capsule, tablet or liquid form that provide essential nutrients, such as a vitamin, an essential mineral, a protein, an herb, or similar nutritional substance.
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ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557) has role nutraceutical (CHEBI:50733)
N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557) is a N-acetyl-L-amino acid (CHEBI:21545)
N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557) is a N-acetylmethionine (CHEBI:132958)
N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557) is a L-methionine derivative (CHEBI:84121)
N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557) is conjugate acid of N-acetyl-L-methionine(1−) (CHEBI:71670)
N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557) is enantiomer of N-acetyl-D-methionine (CHEBI:85210)
Incoming N-acetyl-DL-methionine (CHEBI:192695) has part N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557)
N-acetyl-L-methionine(1−) (CHEBI:71670) is conjugate base of N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557)
N-acetyl-D-methionine (CHEBI:85210) is enantiomer of N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557)
N-acetyl-L-methionyl residue (CHEBI:133414) is substituent group from N-acetyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:21557)
IUPAC Name
N-acetyl-L-methionine
Synonyms Sources
(2S)-2-acetamido-4-(methylsulfanyl)butanoic acid IUPAC
Acetyl-L-methionine ChemIDplus
Acetylmethionine NIST Chemistry WebBook
AcMet ChEBI
L-(N-Acetyl)methionine ChemIDplus
Methionamine ChemIDplus
N-Ac-Met ChEBI
N-Acetylmethionine KEGG COMPOUND
Nα-acetyl-L-methionine ChEBI
Manual Xrefs Databases
AME PDBeChem
C02712 KEGG COMPOUND
CPD0-2015 MetaCyc
DB01646 DrugBank
HMDB0011745 HMDB
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Registry Numbers Types Sources
1725552 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
1725552 Beilstein Registry Number ChemIDplus
4744969 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys
65-82-7 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus
65-82-7 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook
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12 July 2022