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Cysteine residues exposed on protein surfaces are the dominant intramitochondrial thiol and may protect against oxidative damage

Cysteine plays a number of important roles in protecting the cell from oxidative damage through its thiol functional group. These defensive functions are generally considered to be carried out by the low molecular weight thiol glutathione and by cysteine residues in the active sites of proteins such...

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Autores principales: Requejo, Raquel, Hurd, Thomas R, Costa, Nikola J, Murphy, Michael P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2847196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20148960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07576.x