Table 1.

Amino acid-defined diets used in the study.

Component (g/kg)	MET4.0 (TD.170063)	MET2.0 (TD.170062)	MET1.0 (TD.170061)	MET0.5 (TD.110591)	3xCYS (TD.170065)	MET8.2 (TD.01084)
L-Alanine	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
L-Arginine.HCl	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
L-Asparagine	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
L-Aspartic Acid	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
L-Cystine	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	10.5	3.5
L-Glutamic Acid	36.5	38.5	39.5	40.0	29.5	40.0
Glycine	23.04	23.04	23.04	23.04	23.04	23.3
L-Histidine.HClxH2O	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
L-Isoleucine	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2
L-Leucine	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
L-Lysine.HCl	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.0	18.0
L-Methionine	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.5	4.0	8.2
L-Phynylalanine	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5
L-Proline	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
L-Serine	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
L-Threonine	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2
L-Tryptophan	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8
L-Tyrosine	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
L-Valine	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2
Sucrose	353.14	353.14	353.14	353.14	353.14	344.98
Corn Starch	150.0	150.0	150.0	150.0	150.0	150.0
Maltodextrin	150.0	150.0	150.0	150.0	150.0	150.0
Soybean Oil	80.0	80.0	80.0	80.0	80.0	80.0
Cellulose	30.0	30.0	30.0	30.0	30.0	30.0
Mineral Mix (AIN-93M-MX)	35.0	35.0	35.0	35.0	35.0	35.0
Ca(H2PO4)2xH2O	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2
Vitamin Mix (AIN-93-VX)	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5	19.5
Choline bitartarate	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.7
TBHQ (antioxidant)	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
Summary Nutrient Information (% by weight/% kcal from)
Proteins	14.9/15.1	14.9/15.1	14.9/15.1	16.5/16.4	15.0/15.2	17.3/17.2
Carbohydrates	65.7/66.7	65.7/66.7	65.7/66.6	65.7/65.6	65.7/66.6	64.9/64.8
Fat	8.0/18.3	8.0/18.3	8.0/18.3	8.0/18.0	8.0/18.3	8.0/18.0
Energy density (Kcal/g)	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	3.9	4.0

Met: Methionine.