NCERT Class XII Chemistry
Chapter - Biomolecules
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Question : 14
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What type of bonding helps in stabilising the α-helix structure of proteins?
Solution:  
α-Helix is one of the most common ways in which a polypeptide chain forms all possible hydrogen bonds by twisting into a right handed screw (helix) with the NH group of each amino acid residue hydrogen bonded to the
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of an adjacent turn of the helix.
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