Proteins

Proteins

• They are compounds made from amino acids
• The first protein to be sequence device insulin by Frederick sanger who won Nobel prize in chemistry for this in 1958.
• The first protein structures to be solved where himoglobin and myoglobin by Max perutz and Sir John cowdrey kendrew in 1958.
• They won the Nobel prize in chemistry for this achievement in 1962.
• Proteins are used as enzymes in muscle formation as cell cytoskeleton cell signalling and immune responses.
• The process of digestion breaks down protein into free amino acids that are there used in metabolism.