Protein vs Chitin - What's the difference?
protein | chitin |
(biochemistry) Any of numerous large, complex naturally-produced molecules composed of one or more long chains of amino acids, in which the amino acid groups are held together by peptide bonds.
(nutrition) One of three major classes of food or source of food energy (4 kcal/gram) abundant in animal-derived foods and some vegetables, such as legumes. see carbohydrate and fat for the other two major classes
(carbohydrate) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.
* 1880 , Arthur Gamgee,
* 2004 , New Scientist , 11 Sep 2004, p.19
As nouns the difference between protein and chitin
is that protein is protein while chitin is chitin.protein
English
(wikipedia protein)Noun
- For each dish, select a curry, protein , and spiciness.
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* amino acidCoordinate terms
* carbohydrate * fatDerived terms
* green fluorescent protein * proteinic * proteinousReferences
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* English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----chitin
English
(wikipedia chitin)Noun
''A Text-book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body, Macmillan, p. 299
- Chitin usually occurs throughout Invertebrates in the form of an investment to the outermost cellular layer or ectoderm.
- The robot’s energy source is the sugar in the polysaccharide called chitin that makes up a fly’s exoskeleton.