cystine knot
nounDefinitions
A protein structural motif containing three disulfide bridges formed from pairs of…
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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cystine knot. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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