Emerging Biological Importance of Central Nervous System Lanthionines
Lanthionine (Lan), the thioether analog of cystine, is a natural but nonproteogenic amino acid thought to form naturally in mammals through promiscuous reactivity of the transsulfuration enzyme cystathionine-b-synthase (CbS). Lanthionine exists at appreciable concentrations in mammalian brain, where...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2010-08-01
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| Series: | Molecules |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/15/8/5581/ |