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Cysteine

Cysteine (/ˈsɪstɪiːn/; symbol Cys or C) is a semiessential proteinogenic amino acid with the formula .mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su{display:inline-block;font-size:80%;line-height:1;vertical-align:-0.35em}.mw-parser-output .template-chem2-su>span{display:block;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output…

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Cysteine

Nodes156
Edges155
Triples114
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012821
Components1

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Cysteine

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related to Further reading · 10
Cysteine → Bibcode, FEBS Lett, Nagano, Nishikawa, Ota, PMID, S0014-5793, S2CID, September, Strong
related to Industrial sources · 8
Cysteine → Despite, European Union, Indeed, Jewish, Muslim, Some, The, To
related to Roles in protein structure · 8
Cysteine → However, Hydrophobicity, In, RNA, Their, Therefore, UGC, UGU
related to Chemical reactions · 7
Cysteine → Being, Methylation, Much, S-methylcysteine, This, Treatment, With
related to Evolutionary role of cysteine · 7
Cysteine → Complexes, In, IV, ROS, Similar, The, These
related to Metal ion binding · 7
Cysteine → Beyond, Examples, NiFe, P450, Silver, The, This
has application · 6
Cysteine → Again, Asia, For, In, Maillard, One
related to Biosynthesis · 6
Cysteine → Cystathionine, In, O-acetylserine, S-adenosylmethionine, The, This
has effect · 5
Cysteine → In, It, LD90, The, Those
related to Biological functions · 5
Cysteine → Because, GSH, GSSG, RSH, The

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amino disulfide acid proteins protein thiol also residues acids l-cysteine cystine group bonds glutathione form used methionine oxidation structure serine

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Cysteineis aprotein monomer in all biota0.90text
Cysteineis avery popular target for site-directed labeling experiments to investigate biomolecular structure and dynamics0.90text
Cysteineis aderivative of cysteine wherein an acetyl group is attached to the nitrogen atom0.90text
mercuryinstance ofwill bind metals0.80text
leadinstance ofwill bind metals0.80text
and cadmium tightlyinstance ofwill bind metals0.80text
methionineinstance ofTheir hydrophobic tendency was equivalent to that of known nonpolar amino acids0.80text
tyrosineinstance ofTheir hydrophobic tendency was equivalent to that of known nonpolar amino acids0.80text
methionineinstance ofSimilar to other later-added amino acids0.80text
tyrosineinstance ofSimilar to other later-added amino acids0.80text
and tryptophaninstance ofSimilar to other later-added amino acids0.80text
cysteine exhibits strong nucleophilicinstance ofSimilar to other later-added amino acids0.80text

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