cystathionine

[ sis-tuh-thahy-uh-neen, -nin ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cystathionine¹

cyst(eine) + -a- + (me)thionine

Example Sentences

Analyses of DNA and RNA in two other species of Acropora reveal that they also seem to have shed this gene, which encodes the enzyme cystathionine �-synthase.

From Scientific American