noun
- a chemical compound containing two sulfur atoms bonded together or to other atoms
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- The protein’s structure is stabilized by disulfide bonds.
- Cysteine residues form disulfide bridges in many enzymes.
- The chemist studied the disulfide compound under the microscope.
- Hair contains disulfide bonds that give it strength.
- The disulfide linkage connects two parts of the molecule.
- Researchers broke the disulfide bonds using reducing agents.