If insulin were treated with mercaptoethanol to break its disulfide bonds, and then the mercaptoethanol were removed

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If insulin were treated with mercaptoethanol to break its disulfide bonds, and then the mercaptoethanol were removed so that disulfide bonds could re-form, how many different ways could the two polypeptide chains become linked to each other (assuming that one or two disulfide bonds can form between the two chains)?
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Fundamentals of biochemistry Life at the Molecular Level

ISBN: 978-0470547847

4th edition

Authors: Donald Voet, Judith G. Voet, Charlotte W. Pratt

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