L-Methionine

CHEBI:16643 chemically defined MAPPED CHEBI EXACT_MATCH

Ontology mapping

Primary identifier
CHEBI:16643
Ontology label
L-methionine
kg-microbe node
CHEBI:16643

Nutritional roles

Synonyms (10)

SynonymTypeSourceOccurrences
Cross-references: KEGG:met-L RAW_TEXT CultureMech
Role: Nitrogen source RAW_TEXT CultureMech
(2S)-2-amino-4-(methylsulfanyl)butanoic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
(S)-2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
(S)-2-amino-4-(methylthio)butyric acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
(S)-methionine EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
L-(-)-methionine EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
L-Methionin EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
L-alpha-amino-gamma-methylmercaptobutyric acid EXACT_SYNONYM kg_microbe
METHIONINE EXACT_SYNONYM chebi_synonym_review

Chemical properties

Cas rn
63-68-3
Data source
PubChem API
Retrieval date
2026-04-05T19:52:41.810675+00:00
Molecular formula
C5H11NO2S
Inchi
InChI=1S/C5H11NO2S/c1-9-3-2-4(6)5(7)8/h4H,2-3,6H2,1H3,(H,7,8)/t4-/m0/s1
Smiles
CSCC[C@H](N)C(=O)O

Evidence (1)

DATABASE_MATCH via CultureMech

Imported from CultureMech pipeline, quality=DIRECT_MATCH

Occurrence statistics

Total occurrences
127
Distinct media
127

Curation history

TimestampCuratorActionNew statusChanges
2026-03-09T06:54:18.022301+00:00 import_from_culturemech IMPORTED MAPPED Initial import from CultureMech pipeline
2026-04-05T19:52:41.810723+00:00 fetch_cas_rn_from_pubchem ADDED_CAS_RN MAPPED Added CAS-RN:63-68-3 from PubChem API via name lookup (L-Methionine)
2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00 cbclaw_kg_microbe_sweep LLM ADDED_SYNONYMS MAPPED Added 7 synonyms from kg-microbe P4.4 enrichment: (2S)-2-amino-4-(methylsulfanyl)butanoic acid, (S)-2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid, (S)-2-amino-4-(methylthio)butyric acid, (S)-methionine, L-(-)-methionine, ... (2 more)
2026-05-01T07:35:34.385724+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (CHEBI primary)
2026-05-01T08:08:30.397897+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_BACKFILL_CHEBI_CHEMISTRY molecular_formula=C5H11NO2S; inchi=InChI=1S/C5H11NO2S/c1-9-3-2-4(6)5(7)8/h4H,2-3,6H2,; smiles=CSCC[C@H](N)C(=O)O
2026-05-02T03:12:15.557203+00:00 auto_classify_ingredient_type AUTO_CLASSIFY_INGREDIENT_TYPE set ingredient_type=SINGLE_INGREDIENT (chemical structure populated (molecular_formula))
2026-05-30T00:34:39.494301+00:00 infer_roles_from_chebi_ancestry ANNOTATED Added media role: AMINO_ACID_SOURCE (confidence: 0.70)
2026-06-09T05:23:46.785649+00:00 correct_stale_ontology_labels.py CORRECTED ontology_label 'L-Methionine' -> 'L-methionine': synced to canonical CHEBI label (preferred_term 'L-Methionine' unchanged).
2026-07-20T00:00:00+00:00 migrate_media_roles_to_facets ANNOTATED Migrated legacy media_roles to role facets (#128): AMINO_ACID_SOURCE -> nutritional_roles.AMINO_ACID_SOURCE
2026-08-27T03:16:39.519159+00:00 refresh_occurrence_statistics CORRECTED occurrence_statistics 50/69 -> 127/127 (media_count/total_occurrences), derived from distinct CultureMech recipe ids in the #337 occurrence table. The prior values came from the importer retired in #453, whose media_count counted a list truncated to 50 examples (#449). [source=ingredient_occurrences.tsv culturemech_rev=15a4da5c08 rows=194137 distinct_recipes=15257]