STRUCTURAL PROTEINS 


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Amino Acid Composition of Some Fibrous Proteins

Amino Acid

Keratin

Fibroin

Collagen

Gly

8

45

32

Ala

5

29

12

Ser

10

12

3

Glu,Gln

12

1

8

Cys

11

0

0

Pro

8

0.3

22

Arg

7

0.5

5

Leu

7

0.5

2

Thr

6

1

2

Asp,Asn

6

1

4

Val

5

2

2

Tyr

4

5

0.4

Ile

3

1

1

Phe

2

0.5

1

Lys

2

0.3

4

Trp

1

0.2

0

His

1

0.2

0.3

Met

0.5

0

1


KERATIN


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straight hair

curly hair

sushi model of hair


FIBROIN

aka silk

chains
alanines
glycines
spacefill
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COLLAGEN


chains
glycines
prolines
spacefill
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3D C red
3D C ox

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