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=== Hydrophobicity ===
=== Hydrophobicity ===


Lysozyme contain both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions ( <scene name='Sandbox_39/Hydrophobicity/2'>Hydrophobicity</scene> ). The hydrophilic effect, or the desire for proteins to be at a specific position regarding water, is the single most important determinant of protein folding. These regions can be displayed with the hydrophobic regions in gray and the polar, hydrophillic regions in purple. This coloration highlights the location of these regions, showing that the majority of the hydrophobic regions are inside of the protein and that the majority of the hydrophillic regions are on the outside of the protein.
Lysozyme contains both hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions ( <scene name='Sandbox_39/Hydrophobicity/2'>Hydrophobicity</scene> ). The hydrophilic effect, or the desire for proteins to be at a specific position regarding water, is the single most important determinant of protein folding. These regions can be displayed with the hydrophobic regions in gray and the polar, hydrophillic regions in purple. This coloration highlights the location of these regions, showing that the majority of the hydrophobic regions are inside of the protein and that the majority of the hydrophillic regions are on the outside of the protein.


Here, lysozyme can also be seen interacting with <scene name='Sandbox_39/Water/1'>water</scene>, demonstrating how water remains almost exclusively on the outside of the molecule where the polar residues reside.  
Here, lysozyme can also be seen interacting with <scene name='Sandbox_39/Water/1'>water</scene>, demonstrating how water remains almost exclusively on the outside of the molecule where the polar residues reside.