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
Newton actually discovered calculus between 1665 and 1667 after his university closed due to an outbreak of the Plague. Newton was only 22 at the time, and he preferred not to publish his discoveries. Meanwhile, in Germany, Leibniz discovered Calculus independently and he was very open with his findings. This led to a bitter dispute between the two mathematicians later known as the Great Sulk. Today it is well known that both men discovered calculus independantly of the other, Leibniz about 8 years after Newton.