Hydrophobic Effect is an effect that expresses a
tendency by certain non-polar substances that have an aversion to water and
therefore do not allow the junction of lipid molecules together to form
intramolecular or intermolecular aggregates when present in polar solvents.
Such
substances are called hydrophobic.
At the
molecular level this effect becomes important for protein folding and formation
of micelles and lipid bilayers.
Biochemistry 2013, Caroline Pereira, Hugo Silva e Juliana Rocha
Biochemistry 2013, Caroline Pereira, Hugo Silva e Juliana Rocha
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