What type?
Biology
Level
pending
The tertiary and quaternary structures of proteins are stabilized by which of the following?
all
vanderwaal's forces between the side chain groups
hydrogen bond between the side chain groups
ionic bonds between the side chain groups
disulphide bond between the side chain groups
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1 solution
All of the covalent and non-covalent forces listed above play a role in the overall tertiary and quartenary structure of a polypeptide. Although van der Waals forces are generally very weak, a large number of van der Waals forces combined act as a stabilizing force.