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Which intermolecular force plays a pivotal role in biological molecules such as proteins and DNA ?

•hydrogen bonding
•dispersion force
•dipole-dipole force
•Ion-dipole force

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Answer:

hydrogen bonding

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Which intermolecular force plays a pivotal role in biological molecules such as proteins-example-1
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Hydrogen bonding
In the secondary structure of a protein, hydrogen bonds between amino acids determine the configuration of the molecules.
In DNA, hydrogen bonds connect the nitrogenous bases (2 hydrogen bonds between adenine and thymine, 3 hydrogen bonds between guanine and cytosine)
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