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The Bond Strength Must Be Ideal

The bonds essential to protein formation are different
from other known powerful bonds. Proteins' folded three-di-
mensional structures cannot be built with other chemical forces
because the strength of the bond would bring the molecules a
little too close and thus cause the protein to lose its properties.
Therefore, these bonds, of which features and strengths have
been specially established, are at the ideal strength level so that

the proteins can bend properly.
These bonds also allow for the speed of the proteins’
processes. As the well-known biologist James D. Watson ex-
plains:
Enzyme-substrate complexes can be both made and broken
apart rapidly as a result of random thermal movement. This

fact explains why enzymes can function so quickly, sometimes
as fast as 106 times per second. If enzymes were bound to their
substrates by more powerful bonds, they would act much more
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