CYSTEINE


Meaning of CYSTEINE in English

— cysteinic , adj.

/sis"tee een', -in/ , n. Biochem.

a crystalline amino acid, C 3 H 7 O 2 NS, a component of nearly all proteins, obtained by the reduction of cystine. Abbr.: Cys; Symbol: C

[ 1880-85; alter. of CYSTINE ]

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