Binding
Forces
eforces that bind an antigen (epitope) and
antibody (idiotype) are relatively weak and results in complexes that can be broken apart
relatively easily:
UIonic
attraction:
oposite
charged portions of the molecules are attracted to each other
UHydrogen
bonds:
bonds that
form between negatively charged atoms and positively charged atoms of polar molecules (COO- and H+)
UHydrophobic
bonds:(most important one)
bonds that
form between nonpolar molecules causing
elimination of water molecules
UVan der Waals forces:
weak forces of attraction which are
dependent upon interaction
between external electron clouds