Medical Dictionary

thioester

noun thio·es·ter \ˌthī-ō-ˈes-tər\

Medical Definition of THIOESTER

:  an ester formed by uniting a carboxyl group of one compound (as acetic acid) with a sulfhydryl group of another (as coenzyme A)

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