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2007-02-11 08:12:11 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

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When compared with carbohydrates and lipids, the proteins are obviously different in fundamental composition. The lipids are largely hydrocarbon in nature, generally being 75 to 85% carbon. Carbohydrates are roughly 50% oxygen, and like the lipids, usually have less than 5% nitrogen (often none at all). Proteins and peptides, on the other hand, are composed of 15 to 25% nitrogen and about an equal amount of oxygen.

Proteins are linear polymers built from 20 different L-alpha-amino
acids. All amino acids share common structural features including an alpha carbon to which an amino group (NH2), a carboxyl group (COOH), and a variable side chain( CH2) are bonded.

2007-02-12 08:37:37 · answer #1 · answered by life's good 2 · 0 0

No one can help until you ask a complete question.

2007-02-11 17:10:50 · answer #2 · answered by Nimrod 5 · 0 0

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