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...here are the                                                                                          amHdleeloym,nror'itgrehihlztaaevxae!twhYtaeooymu!
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  structural
   formulas
of those 20
amino acids!

Thceretyabtpyeetdshaeorsfeepd2re0ottaeemrimninsionteahdcatsidocsla. enlbye                  True, but amino acids
                   Ddtiidfhffieffeesfrreeeerannecttnidtoasmrprodporeuronttesdsiunacsone!df   differ from beads.

                                                                                                                            For one, you can't just
                                                                                                                           string together a bunch
                                                                                                                         of amino acids and expect

                                                                                                                                  to get a protein.

                                                                                                                                                   Whaaa?

  Hmm, I guess even                                                                         For a protein to function,
  with only 20 kinds                                                                          it must be folded into
of beads, I can make                                                                          an appropriate shape,
 a ton of different
                                                                                                                                     And it has to be
      necklaces by                                                                                                                folded in the right
  combining them in
                                                                                                                                      order as well.
     different ways.
                                                                                                                                            Let's take a
         Jangle                                                                                                                           closer look!

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