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Heat and chemical treatments can straighten curly hair. Which functional group is responsible for this property of hair proteins?

A. phosphate group
B. sulfhydryl group
C. carbonyl group

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Sulfhyfryl group! I swear I remember Bill Nye saying that when you perm straight, you’re breaking and rearranging sulfur bonds!
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