PROTEINS

PROTEIN IS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD PROTEIOS WHICH MEANS

IT PROVIDES STRUCTURE IN MEMBRANES, BUILD CARTILAGE AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE, TRANSPORT OXYGEN IN BLOOD AND MUSCLE, DIRECT BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS AS ENZYMES, DEFEND THE BODY AGAINST INFECTION AND CONTROL METABOLIC PROCESSES AS HORMONES

PROTEINS ARE LINEAR POLYMERS BUILT OF MONOMER UNITS CALLED

WHAT TWO ELEMENTS PROVIDED BY PROTEIN ARE UNAVAILABLE FROM FATS AND CARBOHYDRATES, THE OTHER MAJOR CLASSES OF FOOD MOLECULES

MOST PROTEINS IN AN ORGANISM ARE MADE FROM A SET OF _ STRUCTURALLY SIMILAR AMINO ACIDS

THEY ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF PROTEINS

ALL 20 OF THE COMMON AMINO ACIDS ARE _______

WHAT ARE THE 4 SUBSTITUENTS OF AMINO ACIDS

ALL AMINO ACIDS ISOLATED FROM PROTEINS HAVE THE GENERAL STRUCTURE EXCEPT FOR ________

AMINO ACIDS DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER IN THEIR _________ OR ________