Sulfur amino acid metabolism

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R-HSA-1614635
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Homo sapiens
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Sulfur amino acid metabolism
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The main sulfur amino acids are methionine, cysteine, homocysteine and taurine. Of these, the first two are proteinogenic.

This group of reactions contains all processes that 1) break down sulfur amino acids, 2) interconvert between them, and 3) synthesize them from solved sulfide which comes from sulfate assimilation and reduction. Only plants and microorganisms employ all processes. Humans cannot de novo synthesize any sulfur amino acid, nor convert cysteine to methionine (Brosnan & Brosnan, 2006).
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
16702333 The sulfur-containing amino acids: an overview

Brosnan, JT, Brosnan, ME

J Nutr 2006
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sulfur amino acid metabolic process (0000096)
Orthologous Events
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Bos taurus)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Caenorhabditis elegans)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Canis familiaris)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Danio rerio)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Dictyostelium discoideum)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Drosophila melanogaster)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Gallus gallus)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Mus musculus)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Plasmodium falciparum)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Rattus norvegicus)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Schizosaccharomyces pombe)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Sus scrofa)
Sulfur amino acid metabolism (Xenopus tropicalis)
Authored
Stephan, R  (2010-10-24)
Reviewed
D'Eustachio, P  (2011-10-13)
Created
Jassal, B  (2011-09-29)
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