thiol
thiol
Definition
thiol (t̸hī′ôl′, -ōl′)
noun
any of various organic compounds derived from hydrogen sulfide, esp. a mercaptan
Etymology: thi(o)- + -ol
thiol
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- terminate: An example of such a system is the nucleation of calcite crystals on carboxylic acid terminated alkyl thiols, which produces highly oriented crystals.
Modifies a noun
- group: It will thus attack the thiol groups of enzymes and inhibit them.
- proteinase: The overall mechanism of catalysis reaction by thiol proteinases is the same as in serine proteinases.
Noun used with modifier
- cysteine: Acetate is subsequently transferred to a cysteine thiol of the Condensing Enzyme domain.
- alkyl: An example of such a system is the nucleation of calcite crystals on carboxylic acid terminated alkyl thiols, which produces highly oriented crystals.
- protein: This entails investigating mitochondrial glutathione and protein thiols and the enzyme systems involve in their metabolism.
Browse dictionary entries near thiol
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- thiocarbamide
- thiobacterium
- thiobacteria
- thioarsenite
- thioarsenious acid
- thioarsenic acid
- thioarsenate
- thionate
- thionic
- thionic acid
- thionine
- thionyl
- thiopental
- thiopental sodium
- thiophene
- thiophosphate
- thiophosphoric acid
