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methionine
[ me-thahy-uh-neen, -nin ]
noun
- an amino acid, CH 3 SCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2 )COOH, found in casein, wool, and other proteins or prepared synthetically: used as a supplement to a special diet in the prevention and treatment of certain liver diseases. : Met; : M
methionine
/ -ËŒnaɪn; mɛˈθaɪəˌniËn /
noun
- an essential amino acid containing sulphur, which occurs in many proteins: important in methylating reactions
methionine
/ ³¾É™-³Ù³óī′ə-²Ôŧ²Ô′ /
- An essential amino acid. Chemical formula: C 5 H 11 NO 2 S.
- See more at amino acid
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of methionine1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of methionine1
Example Sentences
To promote these reactions, alternative meat developers will add browning agents, including specific amino acids such as cysteine, methionine and lysine, sugars and the vitamin thiamin.
Limiting the essential amino acid methionine appears to amplify the effects of radiation and chemotherapy in mice with colon cancer and sarcomas.
If farmers cannot use methionine, their thinking goes, industrial-style organic chicken farms will no longer be viable.
Supplementation of methionine, another amino acid whose synthesis requires large amounts of NADPH, also improves the tolerance of cells to diamide6.
Moreover, the K27M mutation affects not only the histone gene in which it occurs; in fact, the methionine broadly inhibits the enzyme that adds methyl groups to lysines in histones.
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