Subject: What is the protein content of plants?

From: [email-masked] (Archimedes Plutonium)
Date: 27 Apr 1996 17:24:17 GMT

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[email-masked] (Archimedes Plutonium) writes:

> Anyone have the data on hand, or from memory, as to what percentage of
> a plant organism is protein compared to mammal?

Well most of bio organisms are water, and you cannot have cancer in
water.

With my newest theory of Cancer = prion disease = near the site of
cancer initiation,  it is supporting evidence that plants get no
cancer. So the question arises as to what is the definition of a
protein?  And the question arises as to what is the fraction of body
composed of proteins in mammals as compared to plants? You see, my
theory posits that cancers are inherent of proteins gone awry.

  The definition of protein is kind of arbitrary, as are most things in
the world. A definition in science and even mathematics picks up most
of the stuff of which the thought wants. But there are always loose
bits and ends that a definition just does not get. Such as what is the
definition of life? Then there are viruses.

   Anyway, a definition of protein goes somewhat like this. A protein
is a polymer of amino acids. There are approx. 20 different amino
acids. So for a string of 10 amino acids there are 10^20 different
proteins. But a string of 10 amino acids is a very small protein. On
average, proteins have lengths of 100 amino acids, such as for example
insulin.

  A plant like other living organisms is mostly water, about 70%. I do
not know about viruses? Are viruses also mostly water?

  A plant is mostly water with cellulose which is a starch and then
there is carbohydrate. Thus organisms are mostly water with some
carbohydrate and then some proteins. What is the fraction of
carbohydrate to proteins in mammals versus plants?

  Only the beans, if I remember have a lot more proteins than other
plants. Do beans get cancers or gall growths more often than other
plants? That is, are the high protein content plants more susceptible
to cancers?

  How much of the human body is protein content?

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>   How much of the human body is protein content?

Hello,
Cancer is a kind of uncontrolled growth of cells and it frequently destroys 
the environment in which it grows. It has a potential of metastasis (spread 
to a distant site). Therefore, we called it Malignant disease.
We also know a second group of uncontrolled growth process designated as 
benignant. Both, malignant and benignant, are tumoral growths. In all 
multicellular organisms, tumoral processes occur. The pathogenesis of this is 
still a (big) subject of research. Your way of hypothesizing is too simple. 
The cause(S) of the onset of a tumoral growth is most probably not one but 
multiple (promoting or synergistic). 

To me, a better understanding of the mechanisms controlling a normal cell 
growth and differentiation is most important than the protein contents. 
Please remember, none of multicellular organisms form an exception for the 
tumoral (neoplastic) cell growth.

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From: [email-masked] (Kirk Kerekes)
Date: Sat, 04 May 1996 17:58:59 -0500

I think this tranlates as "Plants get things that work like cancer, so
your initial assumption is flawed"

> Hello,
> Cancer is a kind of uncontrolled growth of cells 
[snip]
> In all multicellular organisms, tumoral processes occur. 
[snip]

-- 
Kirk Kerekes

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