Hello, I have a simlpe question and I really nead an answer quick.
Any protein is made up of amino-acids, it is these that define the overall
structure and therefore function of the protein. I know that amino-acids
can be replaced by other amino-acids without effecting the function of the
protein.
So if I was able to generate a new say, Haemoglobin protein which has a
significantly different amino-acid content, does anyone know if (in theory)
it could be created in the lab and experimented apon? This is a serious
question and has implications for some software I have written
(dissertation) for finding amino-acid sequences which fold into the same
user specified protein. The idea is that a useful but toxic protein could
be enginered in the lab to be non-toxic.
Any thanks is very appreciated.
Toby
