Cysteine
Cysteine, an amino acid. Thiol side chain forms disulfide bridges critical to protein tertiary structure (e.g., immunoglobulins, insulin, keratin). Rate-limiting…
Thiol side chain forms disulfide bridges critical to protein tertiary structure (e.g., immunoglobulins, insulin, keratin). Rate-limiting precursor to glutathione (γGlu-Cys-Gly) and taurine. Central to metallothionein's metal-binding. Free cysteine is unstable in aqueous solution — most supplementation uses NAC or cystine (dimer).
Related compounds
- NAC — synergistic
Sources: PMID:3360052