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Methionine Biosynthesis

Methionine Biosynthesis is a metabolic pathway within sulfur metabolism that constitutes the biochemical process by which the amino acid methionine is synthesized from aspartate, through cyclic intermediates and sulfur incorporation via cysteine, distinguishing it from other amino acid biosynthetic pathways by its specific dependence on sulfur donor molecules and its role in methylation cycle precursor production.

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Methionine metabolism in mammals

James D. Finkelstein · The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · 1990 · 1.5K citations

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Ethylene biosynthesis: Identification of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as an intermediate in the conversion of methionine to ethylene

Douglas O. Adams, Shang Fa Yang · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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A Dynamic Pathway for Calcium-Independent Activation of CaMKII by Methionine Oxidation

Jeffrey R. Erickson, Mei-ling A. Joiner, Xiaoqun Guan et al. · Cell · 2008 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Extent of N-terminal methionine excision from Escherichia coli proteins is governed by the side-chain length of the penultimate amino acid.

P H Hirel, M J Schmitter, P Dessen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1989 · 765 citations · Full text

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Characterization of the enzymic capacity for cysteine desulphhydration in liver and kidney of the rat

Martha H. Stipanuk, P W Beck · Biochemical Journal · 1982 · 712 citations · Full text

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    Rowena G. Matthews

    University of Michigan, United States

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    Herbert Weissbach

    La Roche College, United States

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    Ruma Banerjee

    University of Michigan, United States

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    José M. Mato

    CIC bioGUNE, Spain

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    S. Harvey Mudd

    National Institute of Mental Health, United States

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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    Ithaca, United States

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    Lincoln, United States

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  7. National Institute of Mental Health

    Bethesda, United States

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