cysteine
Type: molecule Aliases: cysteine protease
Systems Analogy
Specialized structural linkers that weld machinery sections together to prevent folding failure.
A sulfur-containing semi-essential amino acid critical for protein folding via disulfide bonds and a key precursor to the antioxidant glutathione.
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Scientific Sources & Verbatim Definitions
- Book / MonographNelson DL, Cox MM. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. 8th ed. 2021. ↗
"Cysteine contains a highly reactive thiol group capable of forming disulfide bonds."