PROTEI

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Ángel Nuñez, Marian Chantiri and Ximena Sánchez

 PROTEINS
Is a polymer of amino acid monomers. Our body has tens of thousands of different
kinds of proteins, each with a unique dimensional shape corresponding to a
specific function.
 MONOMERS: AMINO
ACIDS STRUCTURE
All Proteins are made by stringing together a common set of 20 kinds of amino
acids. Every amino acid consists of a central carbon atom bonded to four covalent
partners.
TYPES OF PROTEINS
 PROTEIN SHAPE
The bond that joins amino acids is called a peptide bond and the resulting long chain of amino
acids is called a polypeptide; The difference between the peptide bond and the polypeptide is
like the relationship between a long thread and a sweater, for example to be functional the long
thread must be precisely knit into a specific shape (the sweater).

Changing an amino
acid may alter the
shape of the protein,
which changes its
function.
EXAMPLES
Proteins examples:

● hemoglobin
● collagen
● keratin
● gliadin

Examples at food:
● Meats – beef, lamb, chicken and fish.
● Dairy products – milk, yoghurt (especially Greek
yoghurt), cheese (especially cottage cheese)
 VIDEO NEWS
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhTpn 1. https://www.news-medical.net/?tag=/Protein
Rzp-eQ 2. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2016/
01/160107_finde_enforma_deportes_protei
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