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		dnautics on April 27, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What scientific phenomenon do you wish som... By molecular structure alone Insulin is one of the simplest proteins, even (though it's complex in ways you don't see by looking at a static picture of it, lifecycle, oligomeric interactions)

code_duck on April 27, 2020 [–]

Compared to something that isn't a protein, it's pretty complex.

It's like how the source code to `ls` is simple because it's one of the most basic Unix programs, or something like that.

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