Page 86 - Miracles Within the Molecule

Carbohydrate chains
Protein chain

Non-polar
region of the
cell mem brane

Phospho-lipid
Cholesterol Protein in glob u lar
form

Enzyme Receptor region Cell uni fi ca tion

Transportation chan nel Cell def i ni tion sign Cell skel e ton bond ing

In order for a pro tein to func tion, its atoms need to be arranged appro pri ate ly. This struc ture formed
by the com bi na tion of atoms is a three-dimen sion al one, and only when pro teins have a three-dimen -
sion al struc ture do they become able to serve through out the body. If the atoms com pris ing a pro -
tein were bound to one anoth er in other ways, not only might the mol e cule dis ap pear, but also the
organ ism might die. That atoms achieve this per fect struc ture is one of the beau ties and bless ings
of Allah, Who reveals His sub lime and immac u late art ist ry in every detail He cre ates. The exis tence
of the Earth and the uni verse—and the way its per fec tion pre vails for the con tin u a tion of life, from
the small est sub a tom ic par ti cles to pro teins, from the cell to all the sys tems in the uni verse—again
dem on strates the flaw less cre a tion of Allah, our Lord.

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