Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation: FRM: fixed-rate mortgage: GAAP: generally accepted accounting principles: GSE: government-sponsored enterprise: HCLTV: home equity combined loan-to-value: HELOC: home equity line of credit: HFA: Housing Finance Agency: HOA: homeownersâ association: HOEPA: Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994
Hydrogen bonds, as well as the other types of noncovalent interactions, are very important in terms of the binding of a ligand to a protein. In section 1.3, we saw a 'space-filling' picture of an enzyme with its substrate bound in its active site.
Bonding between non-metals consists of two electrons shared between two atoms. In covalent bonding, the two electrons shared by the atoms are attracted to the nucleus of both atoms. Neither atom completely loses or gains electrons as in ionic bonding. 1.