thiocysteine

T1H4I1O1C3Y4S1T1E1I1N1E1

noun

A persulfide of cysteine

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Meanings

nounthiocysteine (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA 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 ).

    2016 January 26, “Cysteine Metabolism and Oxidative Processes in the Rat Liver and Kidney after Acute and Repeated Cocaine Treatment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From thio- + cysteine.

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