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Unique constituent of proteins
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Nitrogen
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Proteins are made up of
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Chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds
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What differentiates amino acids from each other
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Unique side groups
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Why must essential amino acids be in our diet
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Our body can't make enough
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Why do we need conditionally essential amino acids
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We might have a disease or unique metabolism
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Condensation reactions builds
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Up proteins from amino acid chains and releases water
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Hydroysis reactions breaks down
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Protein chains and requires water
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Proteins have more shapes and functions than
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Carbs and fats
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Disulfide bonds
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Give proteins their unique shapes and functions. have the largest and most complex shapes of all molecules
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Protein denaturation
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Uncoiling of shape and loss of function due to heat, acid, alcohol, metals and other agents
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Pepsin
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In stomach breaks some protein chains
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Proteases(enzymes)
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In small intestine break down digest proteins into amino acids to be absorbed
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DNA
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Map or code for protein synthesis
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MRNA
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Goes into nucleus, picks up code for particular protein needed, goes back to cytoplasm
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TRNA
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Picks up amino acid from cytoplasm and carries them to mRNA for proper sequence assembly
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