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Every cell needs cysteine to build proteins, stabilize their three-dimensional structure, and defend against oxidative damage. For decades, biologists assumed cells could only get it by breaking down cystine with one of two enzymes — the disulfide reductase systems — and that at least one was essential for life.
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