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Polymers of made from amino acids

• Twenty different amino acids used to make proteins
• Great diversity of possible proteins There are 20⁵⁰ = 1.126 x 10⁶⁵ possible proteins of length 50!
• Proteins often fold into a complex three dimensional structure.

Basic Protein functions

• Enzymes
• Hormones and other chemical messengers
• Receptor molecules
• Structure and movement
• Transport molecules

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