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Enzymes are made up of specific amino acid sequences. Bonds form between amino acids in the chain in specific places. Hydrogen bonds form and fold the sequence into a secondary structure. Ionic bonding, d...

Hydrogen bonding is a type of chemical interaction, or bond, that occurs between certain types of molecules. Hydrogen bonding relies on a chemical concept known as polarity. Just as the n...

Auxins are plant growth hormones found in both the roots and shoots of plants, in the shoots they promote growth whereas in the roots they inhibit it. In the shoots they cause cell elongation in the side ...

Function: The chloroplast is a plant organelle that conducts photosynthesis. The photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll captures energy from sunlight and con...

One method of doing this is dormancy. Some animals spend a period of their life cycle dormant in order to lower their metabolic expenditure in conditions which would otherwise require high energy to survi...