medium · MCAT bio-biochem
What is the primary factor that makes the peptide bond unusually stable and prevents free rotation around the C-N bond?
- The large electronegativity gap between nitrogen and carbon.
- Resonance stabilization giving the bond partial double-bond character.
- Hydrogen bonding between adjacent amino acid side chains present.
- The surprisingly high kinetic energy barrier needed to break the bond entirely.
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