Friday, 18 July 2014

PROTEINS:: PART 4

CHEMICAL BONDS IN PROTEIN STRUCTURES
·     -    Primary bond: -
Ø  Covalent peptide bond.

·     -    Secondary bonds: -
Ø  Disulphide bond: - formed by oxidation of thiol (-SH) group. Found in insulin.

Ø  Hydrogen bond: - found in secondary structure of proteins.
Ø  Non-polar bond


Ø  Electrostatic/ ionic bond

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