a nonessential amino acid, CH(NH)S(COOH)
Origin of cystine
cyst(o)- + -ine: so named from having been found first in urinary calculicystine
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cystine
noun
A white crystalline amino acid, C6H12N2O4S2, that is formed from the disulfide linkage of two cysteines during the folding of many proteins, especially keratin, and stabilizes the tertiary structure of the protein.
Origin of cystine
From its discovery in bladder stonesTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural cystines)
Origin
From Ancient Greek κύστις (kustis, “bladder”), where it was found.
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cystine - Medical Definition
n.
A white crystalline amino acid, C6H12N2O4S2, that is formed from the disulfide linkage of two cysteines during the folding of many proteins, especially keratin, and stabilizes the tertiary structure of the protein.
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