On Protein Folding One paragraph in this story1 contains confusing terminology. The use of the term nitrogen-hydrogen bond for amide-hydrogen is a simplification too far. "Hydrogen bonds" in proteins exist between the backbone amide nitrogen and carbonyl groups. Carbon monoxide groups are not present in proteins; I suspect the author meant carbonyl. N. Said Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy Medical College of Georgia, Augusta nsaid@mail.mcg.edu 1. P. Hunter, "Protein folding,"
One paragraph in this story1 contains confusing terminology. The use of the term nitrogen-hydrogen bond for amide-hydrogen is a simplification too far. "Hydrogen bonds" in proteins exist between the backbone amide nitrogen and carbonyl groups. Carbon monoxide groups are not present in proteins; I suspect the author meant carbonyl.
N. Said
Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta
nsaid@mail.mcg.edu
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