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image an amino acid to be a block of LEGO, image a protein being a castle. Imagine how many different castles you can make out of a thousand Lego blocks. Then image how many different castles you can make out of any amount of Lego blocks.

A protein is built out of amino acids, thousands of them (upto 27.000 I believe). Then it is folded in a specific way, to ensure it functions the correct way. Every protein is built with a different combination of amino acids, but because they exist of thousands of amino acids, they can differ alot.

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