An Ode to Proteins

(a verse for science nerds)

The twenty wee amino A’s
Define a protein many ways

Their order in a peptide chain
Determines forms that proteins gain

And when they coil, it leaves me merry
Cuz that makes structures secondary

It’s tertiary, I am told
That happens when a peptide folds

But folded chains are downright scary
When put together quaternary

They’re nature’s wonders, that’s for sure
Creating problems, making cures

A fool can fashion peptide poems
But proteins come from ribosoems