In the context of a protein that lives naturally in an aqueous environment, pola
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Question
In the context of a protein that lives naturally in an aqueous environment, polar or charged surfaces of the protein will form hydration shells. However, sometimes hydrogen bond donors on the protein backbone will not form hydration shells because of complex physical chemistry interactions in the microenvironment around them. These hydrogen bond donors, because they are not shielded by a hydration shell, are particularly reactive (especially by water attack) and are very interesting to biochemists studying protein function. What is the name of these backbone segments that do not gather a hydration shell? (It is an 8-letter word)
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GLYCEROL