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Proteins perform many functions essential for life. The building blocks of proteins are the twenty naturally occurring amino acids. We study the chemical and physical structure of amino acids and proteins, describe the topology of proteins and discuss an important enzyme, penicillin amidase, in greater detail.
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Zimmermann, KH. (2003). Proteins. In: An Introduction to Protein Informatics. The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 749. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9210-9_1
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