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Functions of proteins

1. Important in oxygen transport .
                                                    Ex; Hemoglobin in red blood cells 

2. Important in blood clotting.
                                                   Ex; Fibrinogen 

3. Protect the body from foreign particles  
                                                  Ex; Anti bodies are defensive proteins

4. Important in single transmission 
                                                  Ex; Insulin

5. Proteins act as a storage food
                                                 Ex; Albumin in eggs

6. They are also structural bonds 
                                                Ex; Carotene [in hair and finger nails,e.t.c]

7. Proteins act as a respiratory substrate 
                                                 
8. Some proteins are hormones 
                                                Ex; Pituitary hormones 

9. Important in mussel contraction 
                                                Ex; Actin      
 
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