high energy sulfur bond

high energy sulfur bond
a high energy bond containing sulfur, occurring particularly in a variety of thioesters that are high energy compounds (q.v.); the most important such bond is that of the metabolic intermediate acetyl coenzyme A. The energy released by hydrolysis of a high energy sulfur bond can be transferred, stored, or used to drive metabolic processes such as the biosynthesis of fatty acids.

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