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The largest protein we produce is about 27k amino acids, more complicated than most virophages. That is merely the biggest we produce. I know of no upper limit
by arghwhat 5y ago
The largest protein we produce is about 27k amino acids, more complicated than most virophages. That is merely the biggest we produce. I know of no upper limit on protein complexity, and that is before even taking folding options into consideration.
The space of possible proteins - and thus prions - is not at all limited, neither figuratively nor literally. It is most certainly not "countable" without some Nobel-prize inducing discovery.
- tomxor 5y ago> The largest protein we produce is about 27k amino acids, more complicated than most virophages The only known human prion proteins seem to be a few orders of magnitude smaller than that though, and they don't appear to adapt. Are you saying it's possible for prions to emerge from large proteins with the ability to adapt?