Figure 6.
Oxidative modifications of protein thiols. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) can oxidize the protein on the thiol group of cysteine residues and can generate sulfenic (R-SOH) (a), sulfinic (R-SO2H) (b) and sulfonic acid (R-SO3H) (c).
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