thiocysteine

English

Etymology

From thio- +‎ cysteine.

Noun

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 ).