Proteins

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victor 19 years ago

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- November 15, 2005 at 2:53 pm #2526
  jiro
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  What are the functions of proteins? I was asked to describe five functions.
- November 15, 2005 at 3:05 pm #32780
  Navin
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  Your question is not that clear.
  I’m assuming that you mean functions of protein on human body.
  For building of protoplasm.
  For growth and repair.
  Constituent of cell membrane.
  A source of energy.
  During deamination, glucose is formed.
- November 16, 2005 at 8:04 am #32856
  lara
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  would like to add
  1.chemoreception
  2.immune response(remember antibodies)
  3.catalysis(enzymes)
  4.as lubricants(mucus)
- November 16, 2005 at 12:15 pm #32870
  victor
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  And also, for building osmotic pressure in the plasma fluid inside the blood vessel to balance hydrostatic pressure and insterestiil pressure caused by the plasma itself…
- November 26, 2005 at 10:44 am #33575
  lara
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  forgot hormones-the messengers.
- November 26, 2005 at 5:36 pm #33594
  MrMistery
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  mucus is a protein? Isn’t it a mixture of proteins, water, sugars and electrolites or something similar?
- November 27, 2005 at 5:01 am #33620
  jayson
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  Hi this is my first post.
  can you please expand on “During deamination, glucose is formed.”
  i know when protein is broken down, demainated, it could be used as a source of energy, but how would it convert to glucose ?
- November 27, 2005 at 12:24 pm #33636
  victor
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  Through the form of two molecules of PGAL (Phospoglyceraldehyde), products from protein deamination.
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