● Proteins are `color{violet}("polypeptides.")`
● They are `color{violet}("linear chains")` of amino acids linked by `color{brown}("peptide bonds.")`
● Each protein is a polymer of `color{violet}("amino acids.")`
● As there are 21 types of `color{violet}("amino acids")` (e.g., alanine, cysteine, proline, tryptophan, lysine, etc.), a protein is a
`color{brown}("heteropolymer")` and not a `color{brown}("homopolymer.")`
● A `color{violet}("homopolymer")` has only one type of `color{violet}("monomer repeating ‘n’")` number of times.
● This information about the `color{violet}("amino acid")` content is important as certain `color{violet}("amino acids")` are `color{brown}("essential")` for our health and they have to be supplied through our diet.
● Hence, `color{violet}("dietary proteins")` are the source of `color{violet}("essential amino acids.")`
● Therefore, amino acids can be `color{violet}("essential or non-essential.")`
● The latter are those which our body can make, while we get `color{violet}("essential amino acids")` through our diet/food.
● Proteins carry out many functions in `color{violet}("living organisms,")` some transport nutrients across cell membrane, some fight infectious organisms, some are `color{violet}("hormones,")` some are `color{violet}("enzymes,")` etc.
● `color{bron}("Collagen")` is the most abundant protein in animal world and `color{brown}("Ribulose bisphosphate Carboxylase-Oxygenase (RUBISCO)")` is the most abundant protein in the whole of the `color{violet}("biosphere.")`
● Proteins are `color{violet}("polypeptides.")`
● They are `color{violet}("linear chains")` of amino acids linked by `color{brown}("peptide bonds.")`
● Each protein is a polymer of `color{violet}("amino acids.")`
● As there are 21 types of `color{violet}("amino acids")` (e.g., alanine, cysteine, proline, tryptophan, lysine, etc.), a protein is a
`color{brown}("heteropolymer")` and not a `color{brown}("homopolymer.")`
● A `color{violet}("homopolymer")` has only one type of `color{violet}("monomer repeating ‘n’")` number of times.
● This information about the `color{violet}("amino acid")` content is important as certain `color{violet}("amino acids")` are `color{brown}("essential")` for our health and they have to be supplied through our diet.
● Hence, `color{violet}("dietary proteins")` are the source of `color{violet}("essential amino acids.")`
● Therefore, amino acids can be `color{violet}("essential or non-essential.")`
● The latter are those which our body can make, while we get `color{violet}("essential amino acids")` through our diet/food.
● Proteins carry out many functions in `color{violet}("living organisms,")` some transport nutrients across cell membrane, some fight infectious organisms, some are `color{violet}("hormones,")` some are `color{violet}("enzymes,")` etc.
● `color{bron}("Collagen")` is the most abundant protein in animal world and `color{brown}("Ribulose bisphosphate Carboxylase-Oxygenase (RUBISCO)")` is the most abundant protein in the whole of the `color{violet}("biosphere.")`