How a protein gets its shape

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1. The chemicals of life
2. Enzymes
3. What carbohydrates are made of
4. Simple sugars: mono and disaccharides
5. Starch, glycogen and cellulose
6. What carbohydrates do in the body
7. Amino acids and peptide bonds
8. How a protein gets its shape
9. What proteins do
10. How a lipid is built
11. Types and functions of lipids
12. Nucleic acids: DNA and RNA
13. Why water is an unusual molecule
14. What water does in living things
15. Vitamins: small doses, large effects
16. Vitamins on a Kenyan plate
17. Mineral salts the body cannot skip
18. Iron, iodine, calcium and fluoride in Kenya
19. Testing for starch with iodine
20. Benedict's test for reducing sugar
21. The Biuret test for protein
22. Testing for lipids
23. A balanced diet
24. Kwashiorkor and marasmus
25. Deficiency diseases still seen in Kenya
26. Lock and key: why enzymes are specific
27. Temperature and the rate of enzyme reactions
28. pH, substrate and enzyme concentration