Proteins A protein is an organic compound that contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and in some cases sulfur and are made up of small molecules called amino acids. There are 20 different amino acids commonly found in the proteins of living things. Proteins are organic compounds that consist of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and, in some cases, sulfur. They are made up of repeating units called amino acids. They provide cells with energy, form tissues, speed up chemical reactions throughout the body, and perform many other cellular functions.
At the age of nineteen he entered Trinity College, Cambridge, England. After receiving his bachelor's degree in 1665, Newton stayed on for his master's, but an outbreak of the plague (a highly infectious and deadly disease often carried by rats) Isaac Newton. Courtesy of the
The second undergraduate degree, mining engineer, was awarded to two students onlyâone in 1885 and one in 1886; the degree was later offered at the graduate level. A bachelor of science for completion of a four-year general science program was awarded to two students in l887, two more in 1889, and one in 1891.