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Harun Yahya

harbors all of these, nor to the human brain. The source of this con-

sciousness is Allah, the Omniscient and Almighty, and He manifests
His infinite might and intelligence in everything that He creates. He is
manifest in the boundless universe as well as in enzymes just a hun-
dredth of a millimeter in size. Great or small, it makes no difference—
there is the same complexity, perfection and artistry in all, because
Allah creates them all with His boundless knowledge.
Allah tells us this in a verse:
Don't they see that Allah, Who created the heavens and Earth, has the
power to create the like of them, and has appointed fixed terms for
them of which there is no doubt? But the wrongdoers still spurn any-
thing but disbelief. (Surat al-Isra': 99)

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The detail, fineness and complexity observed down to the very
smallest part of the cell is equally striking in all the components that
make up enzymes. In the micro-world composed of molecules, even
enzymes, which can be discerned only by the use of advanced micro-
scopes, have components with their own complex and astonishing fea-
tures. Every minute element that goes to make up an enzyme, that per-
mits it to function and bestows upon it a three-dimensional structure,
is vital to the enzyme's survival. The removal of any one of these parts,
or a change in its shape or location, will mean that the enzyme can no
longer function.
Some enzymes, referred to as "simple enzymes," are composed
wholly of protein. Other enzymes, however, consist of two separate
parts, known as the apoenzyme and the coenzyme. The apoenzyme
part is made up of large protein molecules, and this section determines
the nature of the enzyme. The protein structure that distinguishes this
enzyme from all others—in other words, the types and arrangement of
amino acids—is determined in this region.
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