N-Acetyl cysteine improves cellular growth in respiratory-deficient yeast.
Sebastián P ChapelaHilda I BurgosCarlos A StellaPublished in: Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] (2022)
It seems likely that the energy production or the phenotype which characterizes a deficient strain is incapable of palliating ROS growth inhibition while NAC helps to overcome this limitation.