Cysteine

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The sulphur amino acid, cysteine, plays an essential role in maintaining cellular redox potential and is a key constituent of the antioxidant, glutathione. Cysteine is highly reactive and readily oxidises to the disulfide form, cystine, producing oxygen radicals as a by-product. In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the biosynthesis, chemical structure and toxicity of cysteine. Topics include cysteine biosynthesis in plants, the structural and functional role of cysteine residues, new cysteine synthesis pathways and their applications, implications for cysteine neurotoxicity, and the protecting groups used to cage cysteine and their applications in biochemical experiments are reviewed.

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