Protein waxaa markii ugu horeysay ku tilmaamay kiimikada Dutch Gerardus Johannes Mulder iyo magacaabay by kiimikada Swedish Jöns Jacob Berzelius ee 1838. Mulder fuliyay falanqaynta elementary of protein caadi ah oo helay in ku dhowaad dhammaan protein lahaa isku caadi ah oo tijaabo ah formula, C400H620N100O120P1S1. Wuxuu u yimid in ay ku soo gabagabeeyeen qalad ah in laga yaabo in ay ka kooban yihiin nooc ka mid ah (aad u weyn) molecule.
Berzelius