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In protein chemistry, the term salt bridge or salt bond is used to denote chemical bonds between positively and negatively charged side-chains of proteins. Another term for this is ionic bond. Salt bonds typically exist in the interior of a protein, and may contribute to the stability of protein structure.
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- Oxford dictionary of biochemistry and molecular biology, 2000, ISBN 0198506732
"Salt bridge (protein)"