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Extraordinary Proteins. Extreme lifestyles sometimes require increasing the abundance of a protein with critical properties. We present the role charged amino acids - such as aspartic acid, glutamic acid, arginine, histidine and lysine - can have in changing a protein's solubility. Elephants can hold their breath for 2 minutes, but whales can hold their breath for 90 minutes - and they do, migrating underwater around the world. To find out how, a group of researchers contacted museums and zoos around the world[1]. Molecular Tour:
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