Electrostatic and Van Der Waals Forces
- Authors: Nene Takio1, Dencil Basumatary2, Meera Yadav3, Hardeo Singh Yadav4
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View Affiliations Hide Affiliations1 Department of Chemistry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science And Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Itanagar 791109, Arunachal Pradesh, India 2 Department of Chemistry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science And Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Itanagar-791109, Arunachal Pradesh, India 3 Department of Chemistry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science And Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Itanagar-791109, Arunachal Pradesh, India 4 Department of Chemistry, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science And Technology (NERIST), Nirjuli, Itanagar-791109, Arunachal Pradesh, India
- Source: Biochemistry: Fundamentals and Bioenergetics , pp 55-89
- Publication Date: October 2021
- Language: English
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Non-covalent intermolecular interactions are the fundamental forces which defines all the shape and structural stability of the biomolecules. Hydrogen bonds hold strands of DNA together and also responsible for determining the three-dimensional structure of folded proteins, whereas electrostatic and vander waals interactions are found to be a dominant factor in determining conformation of biomolecules. Noncovalent forces are individually weak relative to covalent bonds, but the cumulative effect of such interactions in a protein or nucleic acid can be very significant. They all play a fundamental role in fields as diverse as supramolecular chemistry, structural biology, polymer science and nanotechnology.
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