Protein

Protein – Long chain of amino acids

Proteins form many, many things including:

1. Structural components of the body such as:

Muscle

Hair

Body tissue

2. Functional components of the body such as:

Enzymes

Hormones

Antibodies

Haemoglobin

There are over 30,000 different proteins in the body.

Beads are like the amino acids of a protein

A protein is a chain of amino acids connected together. You can think of this like a beaded necklace. The beads (amino acids) are connected together by a string (bond) which forms a long chain (protein).

Remember, protein is a long chain of amino acids.

Memory aid of protein that has long chains of amino acids

Protesting teens (protein) block the path of a mean old seed (amino acids) farmer who has seeds chained together in his trailer.