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What types of intermolecular forces do you think are holding the individual proteins and rRNAsrRNAs together in this supramolecular complex?

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Answer: A range of weak to strong forces including hydrogen bonds, disulfide bonds, covalent bonds etc.

Explanation: in supramolecular complexes a variety of bonds and forces are involved in keeping the integrity of their structures. This ranges from weak forces to string forces including hydrogen bonds,

Ionic bonds, ion–induced dipole,

van der Waals forces as well as covalent bonds. For protein complexes including RNA to RNA linkages, bonds worthy of note are the disulfide bridges, hydrogen bonding, hydrophobic interactions, and London forces.

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