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List 5 forces responsible for maintaining the correct 3 dimensional shapes of proteins.

List 5 forces responsible for maintaining the correct 3 dimensional shapes of proteins.

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These five forces are

1) Hydrophobic interactions

2) Salt bridges interactions

3) Hydrogen bonding

4) Disulfide bond (  disulfide bridges formed between thiol groups in two cysteine residues )

5) Ionic interactions ( interactions between amino acids having opposite electrical charges )

To understand the functions of proteins at molecular level, it's necessary to understand its 3-dimensional structure.

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