Binding Interactions

 

All biological structures have three fundamental noncovalent interactions, these being:

 

Electrostatic bonds - where a charged group on a substrate can attract an oppositely charged  group on an enzyme, and this is given by Coulomb's Law: 

 

                                                                    F = q1q2 / r2D

 

 The charges are represented by q 1  and  q 2 are just the charges of the two groups, r is the distance between them, and D is the dielectric constant. Hydrogen Bonds - can be formed between charged or uncharged molecules.  H- bonds are much stronger than VDW bonds, but comparatively weaker than covalent bonds.

 

 

 

 

 

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