Journal of the American Chemical Society

Sulfur-containing Amino Acids

DB Reisner

Index: Reisner Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1956 , vol. 78, p. 2132,2133

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Citation Number: 15

Abstract

In 1940, Heathcotel reported that methionine sulfoximine, the toxic factor of nitrogen trichloridetreated zein, inhibits the growth of Leuconostoc mes-enteroides P-60 by interfering2v3 with the utilization of methionine. Later, Ackermann4 reported that methoxinine and ethionine inhibit the growth of influenza virus in tissue culture and that their effect is countered by methionine. Thus, methionine appears to be involved in the ...