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What are the monomers and polymers of protein? so protein is a macrovencule that you find within your body.
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It has a wildly varying structure, and that wildly varying structure informs wildly varying functions.
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In biology, typically, structure informs function.
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So you have some structural proteins like collagen and keratin, and these have tough, fibrous structures with a lot of tensile strength.
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So they take part in structure.
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You also have things like enzymes, where their structure is based around interacting with a substrate and catalyzing a reaction.
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You also have some protein hormones like insulin, and that can bind to a specific receptor and act as a signal.
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So there's a lot of variety here, and the variety is linked to the monomer of a protein.
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The monomer is an amino acid.
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So an amino acid has a backbone.
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It looks like this.
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Here's the acid bit...