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Explain about the importance of hydrogen bonding in proteins.

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  • Hydrogen bonds occur in complex biomolecules such as proteins and in biological systems. 
  • For example, hydrogen bonds play an important role in the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), since it holds together the two helical nucleic acid chains. 
  • In these systems, hydrogen bonds are formed between specific pairs, for example. with a thymine unit in one chain bonding to an adenine unit in another; similarly, a cytosine unit in one chain bonds to a guanine unit in another. 
  • Intramolecular hydrogen bonding also plays an important role in the structure of polymers, both synthetic and natural.

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