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<chemical>
A water soluble thiol, not of biological origin. Used in biochemistry to cleave disulphide bonds in proteins or to protect sulphydryl groups from oxidation.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
mercaptan, mercaptide, mercapto-, mercaptoacetic acid < Prev | Next > mercaptol, mercaptolactate-cysteine disulfiduria
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