Asked by Laura
What is the difference between an amino acid and a protein?
How does this difference in structure affect biological function?
How does this difference in structure affect biological function?
Answers
Answered by
GK
A protein is a long chain of amino acids linked together by "peptide links". It is a biological polymer molecule. Body tissues are made of proteins, not individual amino acids which would not give them the structural strength they need.
The chemical functions of proteins, especially enzymes , depend on the 3-dimensional structure of proteins that cannot be duplicated by little molecules such as amino acids.
The chemical functions of proteins, especially enzymes , depend on the 3-dimensional structure of proteins that cannot be duplicated by little molecules such as amino acids.
There are no AI answers yet. The ability to request AI answers is coming soon!
Submit Your Answer
We prioritize human answers over AI answers.
If you are human, and you can answer this question, please submit your answer.