N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552)

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CHEBI:16552 - N-formyl-L-methionine

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ChEBI ID	CHEBI:16552
ChEBI Name	N-formyl-L-methionine
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ASCII Name	N-formyl-L-methionine
Definition	A L-methionine derivative in which one of the hydrogens attached to the nitrogen is replaced by a formyl group.
Secondary ChEBI IDs	CHEBI:5153, CHEBI:7279, CHEBI:12506, CHEBI:21714
Last Modified	13 March 2023
Downloads	Molfile

Formula	C6H11NO3S
Net Charge	0
Average Mass	177.225
Monoisotopic Mass	177.04596
SMILES	[H]C(=O)N[C@@H](CCSC)C(=O)O
InChI	InChI=1S/C6H11NO3S/c1-11-3-2-5(6(9)10)7-4-8/h4-5H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t5-/m0/s1
InChIKey	PYUSHNKNPOHWEZ-YFKPBYRVSA-N

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Roles Classification

Chemical Roles:	Bronsted base A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Brønsted acid). Bronsted acid A molecular entity capable of donating a hydron to an acceptor (Brønsted base).
Biological Role:	metabolite Any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism. The term 'metabolite' subsumes the classes commonly known as primary and secondary metabolites.

ChEBI Ontology

Outgoing Relation(s)
	N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552) has role metabolite (CHEBI:25212)
	N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552) is a N-formyl amino acid (CHEBI:50759)
	N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552) is a L-methionine derivative (CHEBI:84121)
	N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552) is a proteinogenic amino acid (CHEBI:83813)
	N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552) is conjugate acid of N-formyl-L-methioninate (CHEBI:57809)
Incoming Relation(s)
	N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (CHEBI:53490) has functional parent N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552)
	3'-(N-formyl-L-methionyl)-AMP (CHEBI:131556) has functional parent N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552)
	N-formyl-L-methioninate (CHEBI:57809) is conjugate base of N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552)
	N-formyl-L-methionyl group (CHEBI:49298) is substituent group from N-formyl-L-methionine (CHEBI:16552)

IUPAC Names
(2S)-2-formamido-4-(methylsulfanyl)butanoic acid
N-formyl-L-methionine

Synonyms	Source
(2S)-2-(formylamino)-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid	ChEBI
Formyl-methionine	KEGG COMPOUND
N-Formyl-L-methionine	KEGG COMPOUND
N-formylmethionine	ChemIDplus

Manual Xrefs	Databases
C03145	KEGG COMPOUND
DB04464	DrugBank
FME	PDBeChem
Formylmethionine	Wikipedia
HMDB0001015	HMDB
N-FORMYLMETHIONINE	MetaCyc

Registry Numbers	Sources
Reaxys:1725218	Reaxys
CAS:4289-98-9	KEGG COMPOUND
CAS:4289-98-9	ChemIDplus

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