Chemical Component Summary

NameN-FORMYLMETHIONINE
Identifiers(2S)-2-formamido-4-methylsulfanyl-butanoic acid
FormulaC6 H11 N O3 S
Molecular Weight177.221
TypeL-PEPTIDE LINKING
Isomeric SMILESCSCC[C@@H](C(=O)O)NC=O
InChIInChI=1S/C6H11NO3S/c1-11-3-2-5(6(9)10)7-4-8/h4-5H,2-3H2,1H3,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t5-/m0/s1
InChIKeyPYUSHNKNPOHWEZ-YFKPBYRVSA-N

Chemical Details

Formal Charge0
Atom Count22
Chiral Atom Count1
Bond Count21
Aromatic Bond Count0

Drug Info: DrugBank

DrugBank IDDB04464 
NameN-Formylmethionine
Groups experimental
DescriptionN-Formylmethionine 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.
Synonyms
  • N-formyl-L-methionine
  • N-Formylmethionine
  • Formyl-methionine
  • (2S)-2-(formylamino)-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid
  • L-N-Formylmethionine
Categories
  • Amino Acids
  • Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • Amino Acids, Sulfur
  • Sulfur Compounds
CAS number4289-98-9

Drug Targets

NameTarget SequencePharmacological ActionActions
Geranylgeranyl transferase type-2 subunit alphaMHGRLKVKTSEEQAEAKRLEREQKLKLYQSATQAVFQKRQAGELDESVLE...unknown
Geranylgeranyl transferase type-2 subunit betaMGTPQKDVIIKSDAPDTLLLEKHADYIASYGSKKDDYEYCMSEYLRMSGI...unknown
Photosynthetic reaction center cytochrome c subunitMKQLIVNSVATVALASLVAGCFEPPPATTTQTGFRGLSMGEVLHPATVKA...unknown
Reaction center protein H chainMYHGALAQHLDIAQLVWYAQWLVIWTVVLLYLRREDRREGYPLVEPLGLV...unknown
Reaction center protein L chainMALLSFERKYRVRGGTLIGGDLFDFWVGPYFVGFFGVSAIFFIFLGVSLI...unknown
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Drug Info/Drug Targets: DrugBank 3.0: a comprehensive resource for 'omics' research on drugs. Knox C, Law V, Jewison T, Liu P, Ly S, Frolkis A, Pon A, Banco K, Mak C, Neveu V, Djoumbou Y, Eisner R, Guo AC, Wishart DS. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39 (Database issue):D1035-41. | PMID:21059682

Related Resource References

Resource NameReference
PubChem 439750
ChEBI CHEBI:16552