Suppose you want to construct a protein that is 50 amino acids long.What is the theoretical number of different proteins you could make?

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There are 20 different amino acids that can be used to construct a protein. For a protein that is 50 amino acids long, each position in the protein can be occupied by any of the 20 amino acids. Therefore, the theoretical number of different proteins you could make is 20^50.

Suppose You Want to Construct a Protein That Is 50