ALLproteins, whether antibodies
and enzymes, muscle fibers or hemoglobin molecules, are made
of strings of the 20 amino acids. The
figure below is an example. It is lysozyme, a digestive enzyme.
[Loudon, G. Marc.
organic chemistry, Menlo Park, CA:Benjamin/Cummings Publishing
Co. p. 1988]
Let's
look more closely at the "inside" each of these amino
acids.
Let's
look more closely at the "inside" each of these amino
acids.