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What holds the structure of an alpha helix in place?

2007-01-21 06:02:33 · 1 answers · asked by shushi4ever 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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It's kept in place by hydrogen bonding between the aminoacids making up the polypeptide helix.

Each amino group provides a hydrogen bond to the C = O group of the amino acid four residues earlier. The folded structure is more stable than (has lower entropy) than it would unfolded.

2007-01-21 06:08:24 · answer #1 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 3 0

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