Akiyama, Masahiro; Shinkai, Yasuhiro; Yamakawa, Hideto; … - 2022
Methylmercury (MeHg) is a prevalent toxic metal that readily modifies protein thiols. Reactive persulfides that play a role in redox homeostasis are able to inactivate this metal through sulfur adduct formation. Although humans are exposed to other metals that could consume reactive persulfides...