By smashing proteins and looking at the broken bits, scientists have discovered four basic building blocks that can be stacked like Legos to build all kinds of different proteins. The results could help better understand the origins of life and design new molecules with industrial and medical uses

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By smashing proteins and looking at the broken bits, scientists have discovered four basic building blocks that can be stacked like Legos to build all kinds of different proteins. The results could help better understand the origins of life and design new molecules with industrial and medical uses