"There are three types of bonds in our hair: disulfide bonds, hydrogen bonds, and covalent bonds," explains medical and aesthetic dermatologist Kiran Mian, DO, FAAD. "Disulfide bonds are ...
A newly developed luciferase-based reporter can detect problems in protein translocation and disulfide bond formation in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), as reported by researchers at Science Tokyo.
Cystine contains reactive disulfide bonds that can react with various proteins throughout the cell, with toxic effect. Cells use the reducing agent NADPH to neutralize cystine, and NAPDH is mainly ...
The high concentration of glutathione within choriocarcinoma cells reacts with the internal disulfide bonds of the polymersome to breakdown the nanocarrier and release methotrexate into the cell.