A driver lost control of his car and ended up landing on the roof of a Palos Verdes Estates home's garage, prompting an emergency response on Wednesday afternoon. 1  A vehicle landed on top of the roof of a Palos Verdes Estates home on Feb. 3, 2016. (Credit: KTLA)
An enzyme is simply a protein (a folded chain of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins). Generally, they're extremely long and folded chains, often in excess of 500 amino acids! These chains generally fold themselves because of chemical/magnetic forces between the amino acids. Sort of like a wire coil or accordion... if you let go of it, it springs back to an original position.
Proteins are made up of chains of small organic molecules called amino acids such as glycine, alanine, lysine or tryptophan. Amino acids contain an amine functional group, which contains a nitrogen atom, possibly one or two atoms of hydrogen, and a carboxylic acid group, which has the formula -COOH. Continue Reading.