What Type of Molecular Attractions Would You Expect to Occur

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Multiple Choice

What type of molecular attractions would you expect to occur between two threonine amino acids within a folding polypeptide chain? (See Figure 13.16 of your textbook for the structure of this amino acid.)

• A)ion-dipole
• B)dipole-dipole
• C)dipole-induced dipole
• D)induced dipole-induced dipole

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Definitions:

Nucleus

A membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells, containing most of the cell's genetic material.

Chromosome

The structure that transmits the genetic material from one generation to the next; composed of condensed chromatin; each species has a particular number of chromosomes that is passed on to the next generation.

Gene

A unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.

Enzyme

Biological molecules that significantly speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical reactions that take place within cells.