Select an article. 1  Overview of the SHOP Marketplace. 2  What's new in the SHOP Marketplace for 2017. 3  See if your small business qualifies to use the SHOP Marketplace. 4  How to work with an insurance agent or broker in the SHOP Marketplace. 5  The Small Business Health Care Tax Credit. 6  SHOP Marketplace insurance for multiple locations and businesses.
The Power of Protein. It's easy to understand the excitement. Protein is an important component of every cell in the body. Hair and nails are mostly made of protein. Your body uses protein to build and repair tissues. You also use protein to make enzymes, hormones, and other body chemicals. Protein is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood.
Proteins are compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen , and nitrogen , which are arranged as strands of amino acids . They play an essential role in the cellular maintenance, growth, and functioning of the human body. Serving as the basic structural molecule of all the tissues in the body, protein makes up nearly 17 percent of the total body weight. To understand protein's role and function in the human body, it is important to understand its basic structure and composition. Amino Acids. Amino acids are the fundamental building blocks of protein. Long chains of amino acids, called polypeptides, make up the multicomponent, large complexes of protein. The arrangement of amino acids along the chain determines the structure and chemical properties of the protein.