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Harun Yahya

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roteins are large, complex molecules
that perform a great many essential tasks in
the body. The proteins that carry out most
of the processes in the cell are essential to

the formation of the body's tissues and or-
gans and to those organs' ability to do their
own jobs. Proteins consist of hundreds or
even thousands of smaller units known as
amino acids. Twenty different kinds of ami-
no acid are used to give rise to one protein,
and every protein consists of a combination
of between three hundred and over a thou-
sand amino acids. The arrangement of the
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amino acids determines proteins' unique
three-dimensional structures and functions.
Thus every organ uses these proteins spe-

cially manufactured for it and operates the
systems that keep the individual alive.
Inside the human body there are
around 200,000 different types of protein,
each with its own individual importance.
Were the 20 amino acids that comprise pro-
teins to combine together haphazardly, the
result would be masses of amino acids in