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bond other than a peptide bond
would make the entire molecule
useless.
Research has shown that
amino acids combining at ran-
dom combine with a peptide
bond only 50% of the time, and
that the rest of the time different
peptide bonds that are not present in pro-
bond
teins emerge. To function prop-
erly, each amino acid making up
a protein must be joined to others
only with a peptide bond, in the
same way that it likewise must be
chosen only from among left-
handed forms.
This probability of this hap-
pening is the same as the proba-
bility of each protein's being
left-handed. That is, when we
consider a protein made up of 400
amino acids, the probability of all
amino acids combining among
peptide themselves with only peptide
bond
bonds is 1 in 2 399 .
Zero Probability
As can be seen below, the
The amino acid molecules that make probability of formation of a pro-
up proteins must be linked to each tein molecule made up of 500
other in a so-called “peptide bond”,
which is only one of the many possi- amino acids is "1" over a number
ble types of bonds found in nature. formed by placing 950 zeros next
Otherwise, the resulting amino acid to 1, which is a number incompre-
chains would be useless, and no pro-
teins would be formed. hensible for the human mind.
This is a probability only on
paper. Practically speaking, there
