Protein-starch complexes characteristics

More characteristic of life were the far more complex substances such as starch, fats, and proteins. These were less easy to manipulate their exact elementary makeup was less easy to determine and on the whole they presented the budding realm of organic chemistry with a truly formidable problem. 

DNA and proteins are sometimes referred to as the polymers of life. They are more complex in nature and performance than cellulose and starch, and demand a separate examination. In the Uvtng cell, both DNA and proteins take very specific 3-D structures, and do not form either the random coils or the rod-shaped structures of synthetic polymers. The following subsections will describe a few characteristic structures and motions of these natural polymers. 

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