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Formyl-methionine

Formyl-methionine Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Food Interaction and all others data.

Formyl-methionine is effective in the initiation of protein synthesis. The initiating methionine residue enters the ribosome as N-formylmethionyl tRNA. This process occurs in Escherichia coli and other bacteria as well as in the mitochondria of eucaryotic cells.

Trade Name	Formyl-methionine
Generic	N-Formylmethionine
N-Formylmethionine Other Names	(2S)-2-(formylamino)-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid, Formyl-methionine, L-N-Formylmethionine, N-formyl-L-methionine
Type
Formula	C₆H₁₁NO₃S
Weight	Average: 177.221 Monoisotopic: 177.045963913
Groups	Experimental
Therapeutic Class
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Last Updated:	September 19, 2023 at 7:00 am

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https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:16552
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http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?cpd:C03145
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https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?sid=46505840
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https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=16552
https://zinc.docking.org/substances/ZINC000001529464
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe-srv/pdbechem/chemicalCompound/show/FME
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Formylmethionine

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