| | Symmetry-breaking and Molecular Evolution/1 |
 | | Primary, secondary, tertiary and global structures and conformation changes in biomolecules are the result of a fractal hierarchy of strong covalent and ionic and weaker chemical interactions - H-bonding, hydrophilic, polar and ven der Waal's interactions, arising from the unresolved non-linear nature of chemical bonding (figures from King, except (e) Watson et. |
 | | The non-linear electromagnetic charge interactions of these asymmetric structures is responsible for both chemical bonding and the hierarchy of weak bonding interactions which result in the non-periodic secondary and tertiary structures of proteins and nucleic acids. |
 | | These are responsible for secondary structures such as the a-helix of proteins and base-pairing and stacking of nucleic acids, and result in the tertiary effects central to enzyme action, whose energetics are determined by global interactions in complex molecules. |
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