different between cystine vs ethylmaleimide

English

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kústis, “bladder”), where it was found.

cystine (countable and uncountable, plural cystines)

(chemistry) A nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of cysteine; it contains two cysteine residues linked by a disulfide bond.

ethyl +? maleimide

ethylmaleimide (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) An N-ethyl derivative of maleimide that is used to modify cystine residues in proteins and peptides

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