Version 2.77

Part Description

LP15730-2   Methionine
Methionine is an essential nonpolar amino acid, and a lipotropic. Methionine and cysteine are the only sulfur-containing proteinogenic amino acids. The methionine derivative S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) serves as a methyl donor. Methionine plays a role in cysteine, carnitine and taurine synthesis by the transsulfuration pathway, lecithin production, the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine and other phospholipids. Improper conversion of methionine can lead to atherosclerosis. Methionine, a chelating agent, is one of only two amino acids encoded by a single codon (AUG) in the standard genetic code (tryptophan, encoded by UGG, is the other). The codon AUG is also significant, in that it carries the Start message for a ribosome to begin protein translation from mRNA. As a consequence, methionine is incorporated into the N-terminal position of all proteins in eukaryotes and archaea during translation, although it is usually removed by post-translational modification. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Methionine (Wikipedia)

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Methionine
Property
SCnc
Time
Pt
System
Amnio fld
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Short Name
Methionine Amn-sCnc
Display Name
Methionine (Amn fld) [Moles/Vol]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Methionine, Amniotic fluid

Basic Attributes

Class
CHEM
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.00
Last Updated
Version 2.70
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
35508-1 Amino acids panel [Moles/volume] - Amniotic fluid

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC Group Group Name
LG49916-6 Methionine|Pt|Amnio fld|149.21 g/mole

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
de-DE German (Germany) Methionin:Stoffmengenkonzentration:Zeitpunkt:Amnionflüssigkeit:Quantitativ:
es-AR Spanish (Argentina) metionina:concentración de sustancia:punto en el tiempo:líquido amniótico:cuantitativo:
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Metionina:Concentración de sustancia:Punto temporal:Fluido Ammiótico:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Metionina:Concentración de sustancias:Punto temporal:Líquido amniótico:Cuantitativo:
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Metioniin:SCnc:Pt:AmnF:Qn:
Synonyms: Aine kontsentratsioon Amnionivedelik Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne
fr-CA French (Canada) Méthionine:Concentration de substance:Temps ponctuel:Liquide amniotique:Quantitatif:
fr-FR French (France) Méthionine:Moles/Volume:Ponctuel:Liquide amniotique:Numérique:
fr-BE French (Belgium) Méthionine:Concentration de substance:Temps ponctuel:Liquide amniotique:Quantitatif:
it-IT Italian (Italy) Metionina:SCnc:Pt:Liquido amniotico:Qn:
Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Sostanza Liquido amniotico Punto nel tempo (episodio)
ko-KR Korean (Korea, Republic Of) 메티오닌:물질농도:검사시점:양수:정량:
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) methionine:mol/volume:moment:vruchtwater:kwantitatief:
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil) Metionina:SCnc:Pt:LiqAmni:Qn:
Synonyms: Met; Substance concentration; Level; Point in time; Random; Amn; Amniotic fluid; Amn fl; Amniotic flu; AF; Quantitative; QNT; Quant; Quan; Chemistry
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Метионин:МолКонц:ТчкВрм:Амниотич ждк:Колич:
Synonyms: Амниотическая жидкость Количественный Молярность;Молярная объёмная концентрация Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Metiyonin:SubKons:Zmlı:Amniyon sv:Kant:
Synonyms: Amniyon mayii
zh-CN Chinese (China) 蛋氨酸:物质的量浓度:时间点:羊水:定量型:
Synonyms: Met;甲硫基丁氨酸;甲硫氨酸 克分子浓度;克分子浓度(单位体积);摩尔浓度;摩尔浓度(单位体积);物质的量浓度(单位体积) 化学;化学检验项目;化学检验项目类;化学类;化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目类;非刺激耐受型化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学试验类 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 羊膜水;胎水

Example Units

Unit Source
umol/dL Example UCUM Units

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