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A Scientist Isolates a Previously Undiscovered Protein from a Fruit

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A scientist isolates a previously undiscovered protein from a fruit fly and determines the sequence of amino acids making up the protein.Upon comparing the sequence to a database, he finds another protein isolated from a lizard with the same sequence.The lizard protein is known to be involved in glucose metabolism.The scientist predicts that the fruit fly protein must also be involved in glucose metabolism.How can his prediction be justified?


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