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What does protein do for you?

Protein is necessary for the building and repair of body tissues. * It produces enzymes, hormones, and other substances the body uses. * It regulates body processes, such … (MORE)

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Penny Kaye

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"Always let your conscience be your guide.": Penny Kaye has a BS degree in Elementary Education.

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What is protein?

Protein consists of small molecules called amino acids, joined together into long molecules called polypeptides. Each polypeptide has a very specific sequence of amino aci… (MORE)

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Missbatty

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What does proteins a do?

Proteins' main functions are: Growth, repair and maintenance of body structure and tissue. Maintain normal pH in body. Aid insulin production As a energy source in lack … (MORE)

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Salette Andrews

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I have a Master's degree in Technical Communication, and have written and edited articles on nutrition.

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What does protein do?

Protein is necessary for the building and repair of body tissues.It produces enzymes, hormones, and other substances the body uses.It regulates body processes, such as water b… (MORE)

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Andy Hing

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What is protein in?

Generally everything, but i suppose your question is more concerned with what has the greatest concentration of protein in. The general rule of thumb is that protein is biolog… (MORE)

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DrCJones

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What does the protein do?

Protein we ingest is unfolded and broken down into its constituent amino acids. These amino acids are then used to make new protein that the body needs. This is why body… (MORE)

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Dr Aziz

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Ph.D (organic chemistry), my research work was related to plants extraction and synthesis of isolated alkaloidal compounds

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What is a protein?

A protein is a nutrient that supplies the body with energy forbuilding and repairing tissue and cells. From Wikipedia.com: Proteins are large organic compounds made of a…mino acidsarranged in a linear chain and joined together by peptide bondsbetween the carboxyl and amino groups of adjacent amino acidresidues. The sequence of amino acids in a protein is defined by agene and encoded in the genetic code. Although this genetic codespecifies 20 "standard" amino acids plus selenocysteine and - incertain archaea - pyrrolysine, the residues in a protein aresometimes chemically altered in post-translational modification.This can happen either before the protein is used in the cell, oras part of control mechanisms. Proteins can also work together toachieve a particular function, and they often associate to formstable complexes.[1] Like other biological macromolecules such as polysaccharides andnucleic acids, proteins are essential parts of organisms andparticipate in every process within cells. Many proteins areenzymes that catalyze biochemical reactions and are vital tometabolism. Proteins also have structural or mechanical functions,such as actin and myosin in muscle and the proteins in thecytoskeleton, which form a system of scaffolding that maintainscell shape. Other proteins are important in cell signaling, immuneresponses, cell adhesion, and the cell cycle. Proteins are alsonecessary in animals' diets, since animals cannot synthesize allthe amino acids they need and must obtain essential amino acidsfrom food. Through the process of digestion, animals break downingested protein into free amino acids that are then used inmetabolism. The word protein comes from the Greek word ÏÏÏÏÎµÎ¹Î¿Ï ( proteios ) "primary". Proteins were first described andnamed by the Swedish chemist JÃ¶ns Jakob Berzelius in 1838. However,the central role of proteins in living organisms was not fullyappreciated until 1926, when James B. Sumner showed that the enzymeurease was a protein.[2] The first protein to be sequenced wasinsulin, by Frederick Sanger, who won the Nobel Prize for thisachievement in 1958. The first protein structures to be solvedincluded hemoglobin and myoglobin, by Max Perutz and Sir JohnCowdery Kendrew, respectively, in 1958.[3][4] The three-dimensionalstructures of both proteins were first determined by x-raydiffraction analysis; Perutz and Kendrew shared the 1962 NobelPrize in Chemistry for these discoveries "Protein." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia . 7 Dec 2008,14:33 UTC. 8 Dec 2008 . Or large moleculesthat contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen,and sometimes sulfur Proteins can be defined as a nitrogenous compound composed of oneor long chains of amino acids. (MORE)

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Where do you get protein from?

We get protein from various foods like meat, fish, chicken , milk products, soya bean, eggs, salads etc.

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In Human Anatomy and Physiology

Where can you get protein?

You can get protein from meat and egg. Egg has the protein albumin in it.

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How do you get proteins?

Combination of amino acids made and connected in specific order by ribosomes. There are 20 amino acids, 8 necessary, and 12 unnecessary (body produces by itself). The only foo… (MORE)