Homocysteine thiolactoneHomocysteine thiolactone (HTL) is an organosulfur compound with the formula H2NCHC(O)SCH2CH2. It is the thiolactone (intramolecular thioester) of homocysteine. It is produced by methionyl-tRNA synthetase in an error-editing reaction that prevents translational incorporation of homocysteine into proteins. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Homocysteine thiolactone, revision 1369538008.

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C4H7NOS, 117.17 g/mol

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