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Q: How many disulfide bonds does insulin have?
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The bonds that hold the two chains of an insulin molecule together are?

s-s bridge or disulfide bond


Is insulin a quaternary or tertiary structure?

Insulin has a tertiary structure which is folded into a spherical shape. An insulin molecule comprises two chains of amino acids held together by disulfide bonds. This is the active state of the hormone.


Disulfide bonds may be part of?

Disulfide bonds between cysteine amino acids in a peptide chain are critically in stabilizing preferred secondary and tertiary structures. Many enzyme activities rely on specific shapes that are stabilized by these disulfide bonds.


How many peptide bond are present in the insulin molecule?

Look here for human insulinhttp://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P01308#section_featuresThe prepeptide is composed of 110 amino acids, from which are processed 2 chains, one composed of 30 amino acids and the other from 21. These are connected by disulfide bridges.


What functional group disulfide bonds?

The functional groups involved in forming disulfide bonds are sulfhydral (-SH) groups.


What functional groups form disulfide bonds?

The functional groups involved in forming disulfide bonds are sulfhydral (-SH) groups.


The antibody molecules is held together by what bonds?

Disulfide bonds


Why is hair soft?

Hair is soft due to the disulfide bonds in the alpha keratin (a protein) in hair. Too many disulfide bonds and you have a rigid structure like fingernails but a few disulfide bonds will give a soft flexible and stretchy fiber. The sulfur in hair and fingernails is also why they smell so bad when burned.


Is a Disulfide Bridge the same as Covalent Bond?

A disulfide bridge involves covalent bonds


What are the three diferentes types of side bonds?

Side bonds link two adjacent chains of atoms in a molecule. The three types of side bonds are hydrogen bonds, salt bonds and disulfide bonds.


Which amino acid contains sulfur atoms that form covalent disulfide bonds in its tertiary structure?

Cysteine forms disulfide bonds


What are the 3 side bonds that concern cosmetologists?

salt , hydrogen , and disulfide bonds