What type of molecular attractions would you expect to occur between two threonine amino acids within a folding polypeptide chain? (See Figure 13.16 of your textbook for the structure of this amino acid.)

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Threonine contains polar functional groups (-OH and -NH2), which create dipole moments within the molecule. Therefore, dipole-dipole interactions are expected between two threonine amino acids within a folding polypeptide chain.

What Type of Molecular Attractions Would You Expect to Occur