<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Week 4 HW: Protein design part 1 :: 2026a-fatima-fragoso-hernandez</title><link>https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/fatima-fragoso-hernandez/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.html</link><description>Part A. Conceptual Questions
Why do humans eat beef but do not become a cow, or eat fish but do not become fish? This is because the genetic code acts as an algorithm that dictates how proteins are assembled specifically for each organism. When humans consume animal proteins, these are broken down into amino acids; subsequently, the body uses its own transcription and translation machinery to reorganize those amino acids according to its own DNA instructions, creating human-specific proteins rather than those of the animal consumed.</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/fatima-fragoso-hernandez/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>