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The Design in the Protein

Let us now put aside the question of "how the first
cell originated" and ask a much easier question: How
did the first protein originate? The theory of
evolution has no answer to this question either.

The complex design of the roteins are the building blocks of the cell. If we compare the cell to a
haemoglobin molecule
huge skyscraper, proteins are the bricks of the skyscraper. However,
P they do not have a standard form and structure as the bricks do. Even
the simplest cells have roughly 2,000 different types of proteins. If cells can survive, it is thanks
to the extraordinarily harmonious functioning of these distinct proteins.
Proteins are made up of smaller structures, or molecules, called "amino acids", which are formed
by the different combinations made by carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen atoms. There are 500-
1,000 amino acids in an average protein. Some proteins are much bigger.
The important point is that amino acids have to line up in a certain sequence to form a protein.
There are 20 different amino acid types used in living organisms. These amino acids do not
combine at random to form proteins. Every protein has a certain amino acid sequence and this
sequence must be precisely matched. Even the deficiency or the replacement of a single amino
acid renders that protein a useless lump of molecules. For this reason, every amino
acid must be just at the right place in the right sequence. The instructions
for this sequence are stored in the DNA of the cell and, according to
them, the proteins are produced.
The theory of evolution claims that the first proteins
formed "by chance". Probabilistic
calculations, however, show that
this is by no means possible.

THE ARCHITECTURE IN
PROTEINS
Besides having a sophisticated
design, proteins are also involved in a
great design in the body. The human body is
mainly composed of proteins. Proteins are the basic material of our bones, eyes, hair or
muscles. Here, you see the complex interior structure of a single fibre in one of our muscles.
Cells with different protein make-ups form each of the details you see in this structure. Every
detail is perfectly designed and built by the use of an organic material, which is protein. The
fascinating architecture of proteins is one of the striking signs of creation.

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