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Are proteins fungible? I thought different protein sources provided different amino acids.
by lotsofpulp 8mo ago
Are proteins fungible? I thought different protein sources provided different amino acids.
- throwway120385 8mo agoNo they are not but they can be combined to produce a "complete" amino acid profile.
- WorldMaker 8mo agoIn case of plasticizing it, it should be fungible in terms of use the cheapest and/or least healthy to make plastic-like single use goods. That said, the question I have is given the nature of calcium (and its relation to limestone), I'm wondering if the milk protein here is especially useful to plasticizing because of its calcium content? A quick search does classify calcium caseinate as both a protein and technically a calcium salt.
- cestith 8mo agoProteins aren’t entirely fungible, no. Some of them have things in common, though, sometimes enough to do similar things. Industrial protein use doesn’t need to be precise enough for life. There are research teams in Japan, the US, and the UK working on making plastics and building materials out of mycelium or mycelium and cellulose.