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Auxotrophy and Methionine

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Difference between Auxotrophy and Methionine

Auxotrophy vs. Methionine

Auxotrophy (αὐξάνω "to increase"; τροφή "nourishment") is the inability of an organism to synthesize a particular organic compound required for its growth (as defined by IUPAC). Methionine (symbol Met or M) is an essential amino acid in humans.

Similarities between Auxotrophy and Methionine

Auxotrophy and Methionine have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Amino acid, Essential amino acid, Eukaryote, Protein.

Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid.

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Essential amino acid

An essential amino acid, or indispensable amino acid, is an amino acid that cannot be synthesized ''de novo'' (from scratch) by the organism, and thus must be supplied in its diet.

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Eukaryote

Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes, unlike Prokaryotes (Bacteria and other Archaea).

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Auxotrophy and Methionine Comparison

Auxotrophy has 30 relations, while Methionine has 126. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 2.56% = 4 / (30 + 126).

References

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