Difference between chain-protein and protein
protein
Definitions
noun
- any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes
Examples
Desiccated liver is approximately 80% protein and is easily broken down and absorbed by the stomach.
The total energy that the patient absorbs everyday (include food and dialytic fluid) , 50% come from carbohydrate, 30% come from adipose, 20% come from protein.
The term proteome “proteins that are encoded and expressed by a genome” was coined in 1994 by Marc Wilkins, then a graduate student at Macquarrie University in Sydney, Australia.
