Medical Definition of Hydrophobic bonding
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Interaction driven by the exclusion of nonpolar residues from water. It is an important determinant of protein conformation and of lipid structures and is considered to be a consequence of maximising polar interactions rather than a positive interaction between apolar residues.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrophobic Bonding
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