Question

Which of the following statements is true?

a. Due to the strength of covalent bonds, the tertiary structures of most proteins are stabilized by one or more disulfide bridges.

b. Salt bridging interactions usually provide the greatest degree of stabilization of the native conformation of the protein when they are located on surfaces exposed to water.

c. Ramachandran plots are used in determining the hydrophobicity of amino acid side chains in a protein.

d. Detergents cause the denaturation of proteins primarily via disruption of hydrophobic interactions between amino acid side chains.

e. All of the above statements are true.