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disulfide

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di·sul·fide (d-slfd)
n.
A chemical compound containing two sulfur atoms combined with other elements or radicals. Also called bisulfide.


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Initially, researchers thought the bond might be a disulfide bridge, a link between two sulfur atoms.
In protein sequence and structure, anntoxin was very similar to dendrotoxins (the venoms found in cobras and other mamba snakes) and cone snail toxins, though anntoxin only has two disulfide bridges (a strong link that helps keep proteins folded) compared to three in the other types.
Disulfide Bonds The third type of binding are called the disulfide bonds.
 
 
 
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