• Question: How would you describe what a protein pattern looks like?

    Asked by Imawolflover to Jonny on 21 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Jonny Brooks-Bartlett

      Jonny Brooks-Bartlett answered on 21 Jun 2015:

      A protein is like a string of beads. Each bead is called an amino acid, and there are 20 different types of amino acid. A protein is a long string of these amino acids which then folds up in a really particular way.

      You can see an example of one as well as an animation that I helped create here: http://www.oxfordsparks.net/video/case-crystal-clarity

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