244 atoms is big for physical chemistry, but tiny for biochemistry. A typical amino acid has about 20 atoms, and the line between "peptide" and "protein" is us

244 atoms is big for physical chemistry, but tiny for biochemistry. A typical amino acid has about 20 atoms, and the line between "peptide" and "protein" is usually drawn around 50 amino acids, i.e. 1000 atoms.