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cystine knots

cystine knots is the plural of cystine knot.

Meaning of cystine knot

Noun

cystine knot (plural cystine knots)

  1. A protein structural motif containing three disulfide bridges formed from pairs of cysteine residues. The sections of polypeptide that occur between two of them form a loop through which a third disulfide bond passes, resulting in a rotaxane substructure. This motif stabilizes protein structure and is conserved in proteins across various species.

Questions about cystine knots

What is cystine knots the plural of?
Cystine knots is the plural of cystine knot.

Words near cystine knots in the dictionary

  1. cystiform
  2. cystignathid
  3. cystignathids
  4. cystine
  5. cystine knot
  6. cystine knots
  7. cystines
  8. cystinosin
  9. cystinosis
  10. cystinotic
  11. cystinuria

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