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Chemistry

Chemistry of Proteins

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The human body can produce tens of thousands of different proteins, yet they are all made from only 20 standard amino acids linked together in different sequences.

Why this is interesting

You carry trillions of microscopic machines inside you, each assembled from just 20 simple building blocks. How can a chain of amino acids fold itself into a shape that runs your body?