The Type of Bond That Is Most Important in Maintaining

question 21

Multiple Choice

The type of bond that is most important in maintaining secondary structure of a protein is

• A)disulfide bridges.
• B)hydrogen bonding within the backbone.
• C)hydrogen bonding between R groups.
• D)salt bridges.
• E)hydrophobic interactions.

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