Biological Macromolecules

• Biomolecular Building Blocks: Atoms, Bonds, and Conformations
• Amino Acids: Types and Properties
• Types of Chemical Interactions in Biology
  • Noncovalent Interactions: Overviews
    • Electrostatic force (Part 1) (v) and
    • Partial charges and inter-molecular forces comparisons (Part 2) (v)
  • What are ...
    • Disulfide bonds (v)
    • Hydrogen bonds (v)
    • Ionic bonds/Salt Bridges
    • Pi interactions
    • Halogen bonds (v)
    • Hydrophobic interactions
  • Chemical Bonds in a Macromolecular Structure (example gamma Chymotrypsin) (v)
• What is a Protein? (w+v)

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