Cys
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- noun
- Specialized
- The researcher noted that the concentration of Cys in the sample was higher than expected.
Examples
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CYS said they will file TPR on the child, but that was over a month ago, and nothing has happened.
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That study, however, did not partition between fat gain and lean mass, and the processing of the raw keratin to produce the supplement used in the present study produces cysteic acid rather than CYS.
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There is an earlier published report that increasing the sulfur amino acid content (specifically CYS and methionine) above a CAS-based diet, in rodents at least, maximizes weight gain 21.
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Briefly, this involved treating keratin in an oxidizing solution at a low pH, and then heating the mixture to oxidize cysteine (CYS) residues in the protein.
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In biochemistry, Cys is critical for forming disulfide bonds in proteins.
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Cys, or cysteine, contains a thiol group that can participate in various biochemical reactions.
Synonyms
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A building block of proteins that contains sulfur
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cys is the short form of cysteine, and that name comes from the Greek kystis meaning 'bladder', because chemists first found it in bladder stones. So today Cys is the usual abbreviation for that amino acid in proteins, the one that can join with another Cys to make a strong 'disulfide' link.