hard · MCAT
An alpha-helix in a protein is primarily stabilized by hydrogen bonds between which components?
- The backbone carbonyl oxygen and the backbone amide nitrogen four residues away.
- Hydrophobic side chains clustered in the protein core.
- Disulfide bridges between cysteine residues.
- Ionic attractions between basic and acidic side chains.
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