What kind of bonding is responsible for the secondary structure of proteins?

Question

What kind of bonding is responsible for the secondary structure of proteins? (A) Covalent bonding (B) Hydrogen bonding (C) Ionic bonding (D) van der Waals forces

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The secondary structure give the shapes or conformation of the protein molecule.This arises from the plane geometry of the peptide bond and hydrogen bond between C=O and NH group. Hence, hydrogen bonding is responsible for the secondary structure of proteins.

Q. What kind of bonding is responsible for the secondary structure of proteins?

Covalent bonding

Hydrogen bonding

Ionic bonding

van der Waals forces

Amino acid sequence

The secondary structure give the shapes or conformation of the protein molecule.This arises from the plane geometry of the peptide bond and hydrogen bond between $C = O$ and $N H$ group. Hence, hydrogen bonding is responsible for the secondary structure of proteins.