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Molecular structure of a petide - sequence of amino acids

What Is the Difference Between a Peptide and a Protein?

Overhead view of high protein foods: chicken, meat, spinach, eggs, nuts, bean, cheese. (nutrition, health, food, diet)

Why Is Eating Protein Important?

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. August 28th 1963

Was Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican or a Democrat?

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Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Panoramic view at sunrise of moai, Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Chile

6 Lost Civilizations

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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Also Known As	synthetase

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acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase carbamoyl phosphate synthetase argininosuccinic acid synthetase ATP synthase glutamine synthetase enzyme neuraminidase hydrolase zymogen oxidoreductase transferase lyase isomerase renin-angiotensin system allosteric control induction