代谢
L-半胱氨酸是人体硫代谢中的中心化合物。在蛋白质中,半胱氨酸的巯基之间形成二硫键对于三级结构和酶活性起着重要作用;然而,半胱氨酸总是以半胱氨酸的形式被纳入多肽链中。L-半胱氨酸通过两个步骤降解为丙酮酸:一是去除硫,二是转氨作用。半胱氨酸可以通过半胱氨酸亚磺酸途径代谢形成牛磺酸和二氧化碳,其中的初始步骤是半胱氨酸氧化为半胱氨酸亚磺酸。这一步骤是由半胱氨酸双加氧酶催化的。半胱氨酸亚磺酸随后可能被脱羧形成牛磺酸,或者通过假设的中间体beta-亚磺基丙酮酸代谢为丙酮酸和亚硫酸盐,然后进一步转化为二氧化碳和硫酸盐。
L-Cysteine is the central compound in sulfur metabolism in the human body. In proteins the formation of disulfide bonds between the thiol groups of cysteine plays an important role for tertiary structure and enzymatic activity; cysteine is however always incorporated in the polypeptide chain as cysteine. L-Cysteine is degraded to pyruvate in two steps: one is removal of sulfur and the other is a transamination. Cysteine can be metabolized to form taurine and carbon dioxide through the cysteinsulfinate pathway, where the initial step is oxidation of cysteine to cysteine sulfinate. This step is catalyzed by cysteine dioxygenase. Cysteine sulfinate may then be decarboxylated to form taurine or it may be metabolized via the putative intermediate beta-sulfinylpyruvate to pyruvate and sulfite and then to carbon dioxide and sulfate.
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