Ethionine

Ethionine
Names
	IUPAC name 2-Amino-4-ethylsulfanylbutyric acid
	Other names S-Ethyl-L-homocysteine
Identifiers
CAS Number	13073-35-3 ;
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image;
ChEBI	CHEBI:4886 ;
ChEMBL	ChEMBL203187 ;
ChemSpider	5970 ;
ECHA InfoCard	100.000.588
PubChem CID	6205;
UNII	WX1BN24WZT ;
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID0020579 ;
	InChI InChI=1S/C6H13NO2S/c1-2-10-4-3-5(7)6(8)9/h5H,2-4,7H2,1H3,(H,8,9) Key: GGLZPLKKBSSKCX-UHFFFAOYSA-N ; InChI=1/C6H13NO2S/c1-2-10-4-3-5(7)6(8)9/h5H,2-4,7H2,1H3,(H,8,9) Key: GGLZPLKKBSSKCX-UHFFFAOYAB;
	SMILES O=C(O)C(N)CCSCC;
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H13NO2S
Molar mass	163.239 g/mol
	Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). verify (what is ?) Infobox references

Ethionine is a non-proteinogenic amino acid structurally related to methionine, with an ethyl group in place of the methyl group.

Ethionine is an antimetabolite and methionine antagonist. It is a substrate for methionyl-tRNA synthetase and is incorporated into proteins.^[1]

Ethionine has been found to naturally occur in the edible pulp of the durian fruit, and postulated to be a biosynthetic precursor for ethanethiol and other strong odorants found in the fruit.^[2]

Older literature

Narayan Shivapurkar, Mary J. Wilson and Lionel A. Poirier (1984). "Hypomethylation of DNA in ethionine-fed rats". Carcinogenesis. 5 (8): 989–992. doi:10.1093/carcin/5.8.989. PMID 6744518.
Hoffman, Robert M. (1984). "Altered methionine metabolism, DNA methylation and oncogene expression in carcinogenesis". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Reviews on Cancer. 738 (1–2): 49–87. doi:10.1016/0304-419x(84)90019-2. PMID 6204687.
Fowden, L.; Lewis, D.; Tristram, H. (1967). "Toxic Amino Acids: Their Action as Antimetabolites". Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology. Vol. 29. pp. 89–163. doi:10.1002/9780470122747.ch3. ISBN 978-0-470-64958-9. PMID 4881886.

References

^ Rodgers, Kenneth J.; Shiozawa, Nae (2008). "Misincorporation of amino acid analogues into proteins by biosynthesis". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 40 (8): 1452–1466. doi:10.1016/j.biocel.2008.01.009. PMID 18329946.
^ Nadine S. Fischer and Martin Steinhaus (2020). "Identification of an Important Odorant Precursor in Durian: First Evidence of Ethionine in Plants". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 68 (38): 10397–10402. Bibcode:2020JAFC...6810397F. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07065. PMID 31825619. S2CID 209329891.

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[1] Rodgers, Kenneth J.; Shiozawa, Nae (2008). "Misincorporation of amino acid analogues into proteins by biosynthesis". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 40 (8): 1452–1466. doi:10.1016/j.biocel.2008.01.009. PMID 18329946.

[2] Nadine S. Fischer and Martin Steinhaus (2020). "Identification of an Important Odorant Precursor in Durian: First Evidence of Ethionine in Plants". Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 68 (38): 10397–10402. Bibcode:2020JAFC...6810397F. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07065. PMID 31825619. S2CID 209329891.

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