https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/fiorella-maldonado/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.htmlPart A. Conceptual Questions How many molecules of amino acids do you take with a piece of 500 grams of meat? (on average an amino acid is ~100 Daltons) Reasoning: 1 Dalton = 1 g/mol. So 100 Daltons = 100 g/mol. 500 g of meat is mostly water, protein, fat, etc. Assuming meat is ~20% protein by mass (typical for muscle), that gives 100 g of protein. Protein is polymers of amino acids. Average molecular weight of an amino acid residue in a protein is ~110 g/mol (since 100 Daltons for free amino acid, but ~110 when incorporated due to loss of H₂O). Moles of residues = 100 g / 110 g/mol ≈ 0.91 mol. Number of molecules = 0.91 × 6.022 × 10²³ ≈ 5.5 × 10²³ molecules of amino acid residues.Hugoen