dityrosine

English

Etymology

From di- +‎ tyrosine.

Noun

dityrosine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A dimer of tyrosine typically produced by oxidation
    • 2015 August 9, R. Vani et al., “Prospects of Vitamin C as an Additive in Plasma of Stored Blood”, in Advances in Hematology‎[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      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 ].

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