Question:
What are the forces that stabilize tertiary and quaternary structures?
Author: Noura Al shalanAnswer:
Tertiary structure is stabilized by Stabilized by numerous weak interactions between amino acid. -Largely hydrophobic and polar interactions, also hydrogen bonds and Van der Waals forces. - Can be stabilized by disulfide bonds -Quaternary structure is held together by noncovalent bonds between complementary surface hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions of polypeptide.
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