Electrostatic interactions are the dominant forces in protein molecular recognition.

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Which of the following statements are true?

 

  1. Electrostatic interactions are the dominant forces in protein molecular recognition.
  2. When two proteins form a complex there is an unfavorable loss of rotational-translational entropy.
  3. Protein-protein interfaces are most often dry. The exclusion of water results in an unfavorable loss in rotational-translational entropy.
  4. The free energy change associated with the formation of an enzyme-substrate complex almost always results in an unfavorable reduction in conformational entropy of the proteins.
  5. Burial of an uncompensated positive charge inside proteins is usually unfavorable.
  6. So-called van der Waals’ interactions are essentially electrostatic in origin.
  7. Steric complementarity of the two partners forming a complex is essential to achieve optimal free energy of binding.
  8. Structural models of proteins obtained from low temperature crystallography are excellent descriptions of all biochemically relevant aspects of their function.
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