METHIONINE


Meaning of METHIONINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈthī-ə-ˌnēn ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from me thyl + thion- + -ine (II)

Date: 1928

: a crystalline sulfur-containing essential amino acid C 5 H 11 NO 2 S that occurs in the levorotatory form as a constituent of many proteins

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