Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An amino acid, C3H7O2NS, derived from cystine and found in most proteins.
Wiktionary
- n. biochemistry A sulphur-containing nonessential amino acid C3H7NO2S found in most animal proteins; it readily oxidizes to cystine.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an amino acid containing sulfur that is found in most proteins; oxidizes on exposure to air to form cystine
Etymologies
- An alteration of cystine. (Wiktionary)
- Alteration of cystine. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Bacteria start self-cleaving in response to a molecule inside cells called InsP6, which in turn activates a process called cysteine protease.”
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“All these contain an amino acid called cysteine, the basic building block of glutathione.”
“Nevertheless, whey is rich in glutamylcystine, a very stable and an easy to get inside the cell form of cysteine, which is a precursor of glutathione, and low glutathiione levels have been implicated in overtraining, cancer, Hepatitis, AIDS, Parkinson, Cystic Fibrosis and Sarcopenia lost of muscle mass.”
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“Among dozens of components known to exist in this crude extract, the best studied components are a group of protein-digesting enzymes (called cysteine proteinases).”
“Researchers believe it has to do with the amino acid cysteine, which is released from the chicken as it cooks.”
“Some manufacturers use an ingredient called L-cysteine, which is a protein made from pig or other animal hair and which is used to soften the dough.”
“Eggs and meat are rich in amino acid cysteine, which is thought to be good at clearing out toxins.”
“This is also supported by an enrichment of protein functions such as cysteine-type endopeptidase activity, lysozyme activity, or lipase activity.”
“The thyroid uses glutathione, a combination of three amino acids (glycine, glutamine, and cysteine), protectively as an antioxidant or free radical quencher and as a cofactor that makes it possible for one of its most important enzymes (5'-deiodinase) to work (6).”
“In a double blind, placebo-controlled trial, a group of athletes was given the same amounts of cysteine and theanine as in the study mentioned above.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cysteine’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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amino acids
amino acids
alanin, alanine, arginine, asparagine, aspartic, bombesin, citrulline, cystein, cysteine, deaminate, deaminise, deaminize and 33 more...
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Allographic Homophones
Words that can be pronounced identically but are spelled differently. I've started with unusual or extensive sets. In some of these sets, no one speaker would pronounce them all the same. I've trie...
air, are, ayr, ayre, e'er, ere, err, eyre, heir, apatite, appetite, picnic and 226 more...
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sionnach's Words
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