Showing metabocard for N6-Carboxymethyllysine (MMDBc0000750)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Status
Detected and Quantified
Creation Date
2020-12-10 18:54:10 UTC
Update Date
2022-08-31 06:11:54 UTC
MiMeDB ID
MMDBc0000750
Metabolite Identification
Common Name
N6-Carboxymethyllysine
Description
N6-Carboxymethyllysine (CML), also known as epsilon-(carboxymethyl)lysine, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as L-alpha-amino acids. These are alpha-amino acids which have the L-configuration of the alpha-carbon atom. CML is a Maillard reaction product, or dietary advanced glycation end-products (d-AGE), formed as a result of the thermal treatment of foods. Due to its chemical stability and its ubiquity in foods and in vivo, CML is used as a biomarker for the ingestion of thermally treated foods. CML is metabolized by intestinal bacteria under anaerobic conditions (PMID: 31091091 ).
Bui TPN, Troise AD, Fogliano V, de Vos WM: Anaerobic Degradation of N-epsilon-Carboxymethyllysine, a Major Glycation End-Product, by Human Intestinal Bacteria. J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Jun 12;67(23):6594-6602. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b02208. Epub 2019 May 28. [PubMed:31091091 ]
Elshenawy S, Pinney SE, Stuart T, Doulias PT, Zura G, Parry S, Elovitz MA, Bennett MJ, Bansal A, Strauss JF 3rd, Ischiropoulos H, Simmons RA: The Metabolomic Signature of the Placenta in Spontaneous Preterm Birth. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Feb 4;21(3). pii: ijms21031043. doi: 10.3390/ijms21031043. [PubMed:32033212 ]