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Biochemistry Let's learn about all Jumping right
the important work into the enzyme

that enzymes do! discussion
might be biting
We're talking off more than
about biochemistry,
we can chew, Urp
after all... So let's start

...so substances small and
that advance learn about the
structure of
chemical reactions
must be vital. proteins.

Yeah,
Okay!

enzyme enzyme

enzyme enzyme

enzyme

Proteins are formed from amino acids Hmmm...I think so.

Well, Nemoto, this
should be a no-brainer

for you. Do you know
the origin of the word

"protein"?

It's derived from Right as always, You're so
the Greek word smart...
"proteios," which Nemoto. ♪
means "first place"
or "leading person." Aw,
shucks
In other
words, you
can tell how
important
proteins are
just from

the name!

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