methionine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A sulphur-containing amino acid, C₅H₁₁NO₂S, in L- and D-forms.
The L-form thereof, a lipotropic molecule widely occurring in living organisms and found in most protein; in humans it is an essential amino acid.

Pronunciation

/mɪˈθʌɪəniːn/ /mɪˈθʌɪənɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-methionine.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-methionine2.wav /mɛˈθaɪəˌniːn/ /-ˌnaɪn/

Word forms

methionine methionines

Etymology

From methyl + thio- + -n- + -ine.

Related words

mul:Met mul:M

Derived words

acetylmethionine dehydromethionine formyl methionine homomethionine methioninemia methioninol methioninyl methionyl selenomethionine

Translations

Arabic: مِيثِيُونِين Bulgarian: метионин Catalan: metionina Chinese Mandarin: 蛋氨酸 Chinese Mandarin: 甲硫氨酸 Czech: methionin Dutch: methionine Esperanto: metionino Finnish: metioniini French: méthionine German: Methionin Greek: μεθιονίνη Hebrew: מתיונין Hungarian: metionin Indonesian: metionina Italian: metionina Japanese: メチオニン Korean: 메티오닌 Latvian: metionīns Lithuanian: metioninas Luxembourgish: Methionin Norwegian: metionin Occitan: metionina Persian: متیونین Polish: metionina Portuguese: metionina Romanian: metionină Russian: метиони́н Serbo-Croatian: метионин Serbo-Croatian: metionin Slovak: metionín Spanish: metionina Swedish: metionin Turkish: metiyonin Ukrainian: метіонін

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