An amino acid, as the name suggests, is an organic molecule with an amino group (-NH2) and a carboxylic group (-COOH; acid). The most frequent and most interesting are those amino acids that make up proteins. Two amino acids are combined in a condensation reaction that releases water to form a peptide bond. These two… (leer más)
Proteins are macromolecules consisting of linear chains of amino acids. The name protein comes from the Greek word πρώτα (“prota”), meaning “the first” or god Proteus , by the number of ways that can be taken. (Wikipedia) Hemoglobin a few years ago enjoyed programming a molecular structures Viewer. This image is the first that I kept, a molecule of hemoglobin… (leer más)
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