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Cystine in a sentence
Cystine meaning
A nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of cysteine; it contains two cysteine residues linked by a disulfide bond.
Synonyms of Cystine
Using Cystine
- The main meaning on this page is: A nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of cysteine; it contains two cysteine residues linked by a disulfide bond.
- Useful related words include: amino acid, aminoalkanoic acid.
- In the example corpus, cystine often appears in combinations such as: cystine and, to cystine, and cystine.
Context around Cystine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cystine
- In this selection, "cystine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stone, contrast, leaks, shown and knot stand out and add context to how "cystine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acid and cystine stones but and acid or cystine and they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cystine" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cystine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Methionine, cysteine and cystine are the limiting amino acids in cassava root. (12 words)
In this type of stone, cystine leaks from the kidneys into the urine. (13 words)
Figure 2: Cystine (shown here in its neutral form), two cysteines bound together by a disulfide bond. (17 words)
Depending on the cause, of calcium, struvite, uric acid, or cystine, and they can range in size from tiny to as large as golf balls in extreme cases. (28 words)
Supersaturation is likely the underlying cause of uric acid and cystine stones, but calcium-based stones (especially calcium oxalate stones) may have a more complex etiology. (26 words)
However, examples of rotaxane substructure have been found in naturally occurring peptides, including: cystine knot peptides, cyclotides or lasso-peptides such as microcin J25. (24 words)
Example sentences (11)
Depending on the cause, of calcium, struvite, uric acid, or cystine, and they can range in size from tiny to as large as golf balls in extreme cases.
In this type of stone, cystine leaks from the kidneys into the urine.
Figure 2: Cystine (shown here in its neutral form), two cysteines bound together by a disulfide bond.
However, examples of rotaxane substructure have been found in naturally occurring peptides, including: cystine knot peptides, cyclotides or lasso-peptides such as microcin J25.
In contrast, cystine travels safely through the GI tract and blood plasma and is promptly reduced to the two cysteine molecules upon cell entry.
Insulin is an example of a protein with cystine crosslinking, wherein two separate peptide chains are connected by a pair of disulfide bonds.
In this environment, cysteines are, in general, oxidized to cystine and are no longer functional as a nucleophiles.
It is believed that the macromolecule accountable for maintaining the dormant state has a protein coat rich in cystine, stabilized by S-S linkages.
Methionine, cysteine and cystine are the limiting amino acids in cassava root.
Supersaturation is likely the underlying cause of uric acid and cystine stones, but calcium-based stones (especially calcium oxalate stones) may have a more complex etiology.
These roles are typically limited to the intracellular milieu, where the environment is reducing, and cysteine is not oxidized to cystine.
Common combinations with cystine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cystine and 2×
- to cystine 2×
- and cystine 2×