thiocysteine en · NOUN
Etymology
From thio- + cysteine.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A persulfide of cysteine
One of the most abundant R-SSH, thiocysteine (L-cysteine persulfide; CysSSH) is synthesized from cystine in the reaction catalyzed by cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) and cystathionine γ-lyase (γ-cystathionase; CSE) [23 ] (S1A Fig ).
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