Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Music made to measure from nature's proteins

Link:http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/dn11775-music-made-to-measure-from-natures-proteins.html

Summary: This article is about how you can translate proteins into a musical form. The "notes" available are the 20 natural amino acids from which all proteins are constructed. The basic concept is simple: assign each amino acid to a different musical note, so leucine could be middle C on the piano, for example, serine could be D, and so on till all 20 have their own note.

What is the major role of this molecule in the cell? Proteins code the information from the genes

List three things you learned from this article in your own words. Different proteins make different sounds, The sounds can be used to identify different proteins, they can use the sounds to make a musical score.

What impact would the absence of this molecule have on the cell? Without Protiens there would be nothing to code the genetic information

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