Cysteine biosynthesis is a vital biochemical process that converts inorganic sulphur into organic forms, ultimately producing the sulphur‐containing amino acid cysteine. This amino acid is essential ...

Tuberculosis-causing bacteria can make the amino acid cysteine via a surprising route, according to work reported by Cornell University chemistry professor Tadhg P. Begley at this week’s American ...

Consuming fewer calories is largely accepted as a way to improve health and lose weight, but a recently published study in Nature Metabolism points to a specific sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine ...

Burdiak P; Rusaczonek A; Witoń D; Głów D; Karpiński S In plants, receptor-like protein kinases play essential roles in signal transduction by recognizing extracellular stimuli and activating the ...

Mice genetically engineered to lack the ability to make the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30% of their body weight in just one week, a new study shows. Published online in ...

Scientists have uncovered a startling metabolic twist: mice engineered to lack the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, shed nearly a third of their body weight in just a week. The ...