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Denaturation of a Protein

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Name the following:
A macromolecule is formed by the linkage of thousands of amino acids.

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Protein:
Proteins consist of hundreds or thousands of smaller units called amino acids that are attached in long chains to each other.
It is possible to combine 20 different types of amino acids to make a protein.

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