<?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 :: 2026a-ian-teran</title><link>https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/ian-teran/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.html</link><description>Part A. Conceptual Questions
1. How many amino acid molecules do you take with 500 g of meat?
If we assume that meat is approximately 20% protein, then 500 grams of meat contains about 100 grams of protein. The average molecular weight of an amino acid is roughly 100 Daltons (100 g/mol). Dividing 100 grams by 100 g/mol gives approximately 1 mole of amino acids and one mole contains 6.02 × 10²³ molecules, the Avogadro’s number. Therefore, consuming 500 grams of meat means ingesting on the order of 10²³ amino acid molecules.</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/ian-teran/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>