PROTEIN FACTS

THE STRUCTURES 1. Protein is essential for life, it is

crucial to all cells in the body playing a
key role as enzymes in a cell.
2. After water, protein is the most
plentiful substance in the body.
3. Proteins grow, maintain, and
replace the tissues in our bodies.
Thereforeour muscles, organs, and
immunesystems are mostly made of
Is the large biological molecule made of numerous amino protein.
acids covalently linked by peptide bond. It is the most important of 4. Once protein is digested it is
all biological compounds. Derived from the greek work “Proteios” broken down into its amino acids.
meaning “of first importance” These amino acids can then be reused
to make the proteins your body needs
to maintain muscles, bones, blood,
TWO MAJOR TYPES and body organs.
5. There are over 20 slightly
differing amino acids. Our bodies can
FIBROUS PROTEIN GLOBULAR PROTEINS produce around 13 of these, but there
are 9 amino acids that our body cannot
make itself. These are called essential
PROTEIN CLASSIFICATION amino acids and we obtain these by
FIBROUS eating certain protein-rich foods.
1. Polypeptides arranged in long strands or sheets. 6. The protein contained in eggs
2. Water insoluble (lots of hydrophobic AAs) is considered to be the highest quality
3. Strong but flexible protein out of all foods.
4. Structural (keratin, collagen) 7. Keratin is a type of protein that
GLOBULAR our hair, nails and outer skin is made
1. Polypeptide chains folded into spherical or globular form off.
2. Water soluble 8. Complete protein that has all
3. Contain several types of secondary structure amino acids including essential ones
4. Diverse function (enzymes, regulatory, protein) are meat, poultry, fish, dairy products,
eggs, and soy.
USES/ FUNCTION
* Gowth and maintenance
* Cuses biochemical reactions
* Acts as a messenger
* Provides structure
* Maintain proper pH
* Balances fluids
* Bosters immune system
* Transports and Stores nutrients
* Provides energy References: Proteins are essential nutrients for human body. They are the
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/function-of-protein building blocks of body tissues and can also serve as a fuel source.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/protein_(nutrient) As a fuel, proteins provide as much energy density as
Biochemistry Handouts carbohydrates. The most important aspect and defining
characteristics of protein from a nutritional standpoint is its amino
acid composition. There are nine amino acids which humans must
Members: obtain in their diet in order to prevent protein-energy malnutrition
Cebu, Mary Bliss I. and resulting death. They are phenylalanine, valine, threonine,
Macalla, Honey Joy M. tryptophan, methionine, leucine, isoleucine, lysine and histidine.
Nacor, Jen Mikee L. There are five amino acids which human are able to synthesized in
Pamplona, Cristy Mae M. the body. These five are alaine, aspartic acid, asparagine, glutamic
Pelayo, Angelyn C. acid and serine. There are six conditionally essential amino acids
Sy, Jessa Mari R. whose synthesis can be limited under special pathophysiological
conditions. These six are arginine, cysteine, glycine, glutamine,
proline and tyrosin.