Describe the structure of proteins and explain why adequate amounts of all the essential amino acids are required for protein synthesis.
Describe the structure of proteins and explain why adequate amounts of all the essential amino acids are required for protein synthesis.
Structure: Amino acids (an amine group, acid group, and side chain all attached by a carbon backbone) are attached to each other by peptide bonds, forming a long chain that folds on itself. The body produces some amino acids to form this chain, but we must ingest others (the essentials) to have all the right ingredients for a complete protein.
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