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Both proteins and carbohydrates are of vital importance to the living world.
Proteins are essential to maintaining the structure and function of all life. ... Proteins are vital for the growth, repair, and maintenance of muscles, blood, internal organs, skin, hair, and nails. ...
Proteins are polymers and work by being broken down into smaller components named amino acids, and then rebuild again where and when they are needed. ... There are twenty different types of amino acids found in proteins which can be arranged in any order in chains lasting 2000 units long enabling their variety. ... As with carbohydrates these are only able to form via a condensation reaction, removing a molecule of water. ... Other proteins can be linked to carbohydrates to form glycoproteins. ...
Globular proteins are tertiary and are susceptible to pH and temperature changes, e.
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