What do proteins do? Heck, an easier question to answer would be 'what don't they do?" No, seriously... I think they do, like, everything.
What do proteins do? Heck, an easier question to answer would be 'what don't they do?" No, seriously... I think they do, like, everything.
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[Truth or Fail]
Protein game
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/victory-for-crowdsourced-biomolecule2/
Protein music
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190626125052.htm
Whey fabric
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/ded-ssa012317.php
[Fact Off]
Prions in wine yeast
Spider silk in vaccines
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180612185155.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-06/udg-ank061218.php
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961218302473?via%3Dihub
http://news.mit.edu/2019/spider-silk-humidity-robotic-muscle-0301
[Ask the Science Couch]
Complete proteins
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002467.htm
https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002222.htm
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-03/cfgr-utr031119.php
https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/134/6/1558S/4688841
[Butt One More Thing]
Sonic hedgehog anorectal malformation