Dityrosine
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A dimer of tyrosine typically produced by oxidation uncountable
"Action of chloraminated oxidants, mainly hypochlorous acid and chloramines, produced by myeloperoxidase, forms dityrosine containing cross-linked protein products known as AOPP and is also considered as one of the biomarkers to estimate the degree of oxidative modifications of proteins [ 36, 45 ]."
Example
More examples"Action of chloraminated oxidants, mainly hypochlorous acid and chloramines, produced by myeloperoxidase, forms dityrosine containing cross-linked protein products known as AOPP and is also considered as one of the biomarkers to estimate the degree of oxidative modifications of proteins [ 36, 45 ]."
Etymology
From di- + tyrosine.
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