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Cystine Moderate

Cystine has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones

2

A nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of cysteine; it contains two cysteine residues linked by a disulfide bond.

See Also
lanthionine dicysteine cysteine disulfiduria polycystine cysteamine cystinyl oxidation
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
amino acid
Rhyming Words
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