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. 2009 Nov;151(3):1294–1303. doi: 10.1104/pp.109.142539

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1.

Alliinase-mediated formation of thiosulfinates from Cys sulfoxide precursors (Block, 1992; Shimon et al., 2007). Alliin is S-allyl-l-Cys sulfoxide, isoalliin is (E)-S-(1-propenyl)-l-Cys sulfoxide, methiin is S-methyl-l-Cys sulfoxide, and propiin is S-propyl-l-Cys sulfoxide.