Casein

Casein is the main protein in cow milk. It clumps into little balls that give milk its white color.

Fun fact

Cheese is mostly casein after most of the water has been pressed out.

Words to know

protein

NGSS alignment

MS-LS1-7Food, energy, and growth

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P02662. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P02662.

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