Steroids are small molecules - much smaller than proteins - smaller molecules that tend to be hydrophobic or lipid soluble.

类固醇是小分子物质,比蛋白质小得多,这类小分子是非水溶性的,或者说是脂溶性的

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There are more than 20 amino acids that make up the biological polymers called proteins, so there are 20 choices of each amino acid at a position on a protein.

而那些称为蛋白质的生物活性多聚体,是由二十种不同氨基酸所构成,因此每个蛋白质的,任意位点都有多达二十种氨基酸可供选择

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