At 14:54 1999-11-26 +0100, Amadeus wrote:
>Proteins consist of *very* long sequences (up to 120000 or so) of always
>the same 21 different amino acids. If the proteins are broken down
>to shorter strings (polypeptides) during digestion,
>the shorter they are, the more similar sequences will arise.
How many amino acids are there generally in a polypeptide?
If it is only 8 the variety is already an awful lot.
- Hans