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Several unsaturated thioacetic acids were synthesized as potential mec
hanism-based inhibitors of peptidylglycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxy
genase (PHM) prepared from horse serum. Trans-styrylthioacetic acid pr
oduced potent time-dependent inhibition of PHM. Potential mechanisms a
re proposed to explain PHM inactivation by unsaturated thioacetic acid
s.