of amides and slime

talking abt the importance of delocalisation of electrons in amide gp are in the maintenance of the tertiary and quartenary structure of proteins in lecture today. "we are a walking bag of proteins" said prof grieser. if there were no delocalisation of electrons in the amide gp, there will be no specific protein structure and we'll all become slime. *interesting thought*. that said, he mentioned "nevertheless, some are still slime bags anyways" and the class burst out into laughter.