Polar:
Serine and threonine and cysteine and tyrosine,
asparagine, glutamine
and the other five monomers are electrically charged.
Chorus
They make structural proteins, storage proteins,
transport proteins, hormonal proteins,
receptor proteins, contractor proteins,
defensor proteins, enzymatic proteins.
The carboxyl groups on the side chain
identify two as acidic;
aspartic acid and glutamic acid.
The final three are basic if you know what I mean;
lysine, arginine and histidine.
The amino groups on the side chain
mean that they are positively charged!
Chorus
Glycine, alanine, valine, leucine,
isoleucine, methionine,
phenylalanine, tryptophan and proline.
Serine and threonine
and cysteine and tyrosine,
asparagine, glutamine,
aspartic acid and glutamic acid.
From time immemorial these musicians have stood at the gateway of nonsense begging peanuts. Spending most of their time
trapped in force fields and vortices, occasionally they are released to stalk the streets of Leeds. On such occasions you might hear the plaintive cry of Sam’s tuba, the mournful crow of Dean’s ukulele, the excited jazzy croaking of Bob’s piano or the purr of Matty’s drums....more
