dityrosine

D2I1T1Y4R1O1S1I1N1E1

noun

A dimer of tyrosine typically produced by oxidation

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Meanings

noundityrosine (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA dimer of tyrosine typically produced by oxidation

    Action of chloraminated oxidants, mainly hypochlorous acid and chloramines, produced by myeloperoxidase, forms dityrosine containing cross-linked protein products known as AOPP and is also considered as one of the biomarkers to estimate the degree of oxidative modifications of proteins [ 36, 45 ].

    2015 August 9, R. Vani et al., “Prospects of Vitamin C as an Additive in Plasma of Stored Blood”, in Advances in Hematology, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

From di- + tyrosine.

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