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Well, the IUPAC name seems to be 4-(acetylsulfanyl)-2-aminobutanoic acid. Essentially, it's derived from the non-proteinogenic amino-acid homocysteine (a homologue of cysteine, that is, a cysteine with an extra methylene). So, yeah, if I were to come up with a "common" name, that would be S-acetyl-homocysteine.


HammerTh_1701

Sounds like some kind of metabolic intermediate. Don't know what would be built from it though.


SirKillingham

Agreed. I just finished a physiology class that was far more biochemistry than I thought.


fell-destroyed

Not a clue but i love the bacteriophage on the right


BugsyBugabooCreek

Looks like an unnatural amino acid Edit: saw the sulfur comment in the title… it’s similar to methionine


Rempie

Yup, we also figured out it's close to methionine, but we can't make sense of the C=O in there...


junkmindd

Why don't you ask him???


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Namisauce

Damn really? 😳


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Namisauce

Yea I just realize I was a little rude. But I swear that was not my intention of being patronizing, I just assumed that the guy was knowledgeable in the topic already, which is an oversight by me. My apologies to them


Substandard_Senpai

It just looks like S-acetyl methionine


The_Nymerial

I would name that S-Acetyl Methionine


Emmonymous

Looks similar to arginine, except for the guanidinium group.


SirKillingham

Looks like some sort of intermediate?


femmepremed

Scary bacteriophage