thiocysteine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

thio- +‎ cysteine

Noun[edit]

thiocysteine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A persulfide of cysteine
    • 2016 January 26, “Cysteine Metabolism and Oxidative Processes in the Rat Liver and Kidney after Acute and Repeated Cocaine Treatment”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      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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