<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Week 04 hw protein design part :: 2026a-maria-ortiz</title><link>https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/maria-ortiz/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.html</link><description>Part A. Conceptual Questions
How many amino acid molecules do you ingest when eating 500 grams of meat? (Average amino acid ≈ 100 Daltons) Approximately 20% of meat is protein. Therefore, 500 g of meat contains about 100 g of protein. If we assume an average amino acid molecular weight of 100 g/mol (≈100 Daltons), then:
100 g protein ÷ 100 g/mol ≈ 1 mol of amino acids.
One mole corresponds to 6 × 10²³ molecules (Avogadro’s number). Therefore, eating 500 g of meat provides on the order of 6 × 10²³ amino acid molecules.</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><atom:link href="https://pages.htgaa.org/2026a/maria-ortiz/homework/week-04-hw-protein-design-part-i/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/></channel></rss>