Proteins

=Proteins=

Proteins are biochemical compounds that are made of one or more polypeptide chains that facilitate in biological functions. Polypeptides are linear chains of amino acids that are held together by peptide bonds. Much like the other macromolecules, proteins participate in almost every biological function inside cells and are very essential to organisms. Many proteins are enzymes that speed up reaction rates and are essential to metabolism.

=Anatomy of a Protein=