Question

Just 20 amino acids make about 400,000 proteins in our cells!Explain how it is possible that with only 20 different types of amino acids our cells canmake so many proteins, each with its own very specific function. Use vocabulary andideas learned during our unit to explain your answer. Your answer should be 2-5sentences.

Answer 1

Proteins are built of numerous smaller entity known as amino acids. There are 500 different amino acids but only 20 amino acids compose the proteins present in a human body. There are 20 various type of amino acids that can be incorporated to produce a protein. Each of these 20 amino acid is specific chemically and has the ability to develop in any arrangement in a chain of protein. Because of this arrangements in innumerable varied sequence, the capacity to produce 400,000 proteins out of 20 various amino acids is a possibililty.