The oxidized, disulfide form of mycothiol (MSSM) is called mycothione, and is reduced to mycothiol by the flavoprotein mycothione reductase.
Die oxidierte Disulfid-Form des Mycothiol (MSSM) nennt man Mycothion, welches zu Mycothiol durch das Flavoprotein Mycothion-Reductase reduziert wird.