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Keratin

Keratin builds your hair, fingernails, and the top layer of your skin. It is tough because its chains stack tightly.

Fun fact

Rhino horns are made of the same keratin as your fingernails.

Words to know

NGSS alignment

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P04264. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P04264.

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