Amino Acid (no pictures)

Question 1

AA with nonpolar side chains

Answer 1

Glycine, Alanine, Valine, leucine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, methionine, proline

Question 2

important function of glycine

Answer 2

collagen, inhibitory NT (release is blocked by tetanus toxin)

Question 3

notable diagnosis concerning leucine, isoleucine, valine

Answer 3

maple syrup urine disease

Question 4

important function of methionine

Answer 4

SAM (methyl donor), first AA in endogenous proteins & peptides

Question 5

important function of tryptophan

Answer 5

serotonin, niacin (leads to B3)

Question 6

AA with uncharged, polar side chains

Answer 6

serine, threonine, tyrosine, asparagine, glutamine, cysteine

Question 7

important function of serine & threonine

Answer 7

Oxygen linked glycosylation, phosphorylation

Question 8

important function of tyrosine

Answer 8

phosphorylation

Question 9

important function of asparagine

Answer 9

N-linked glycosylation

Question 10

important function of cysteine

Answer 10

disulfide bond, glutathione

Question 11

AA with charged, polar side chains

Answer 11

aspartic acid, glutamic acid, histamine, lysine, arginine

Question 12

important function of glutamic acid

Answer 12

excitatory NT, GABA (inhibitory NT)

Question 13

important function of lysine

Answer 13

site for histone methylation and acetylation

Question 14

important function for arginine

Answer 14

site for ADP-ribosylation

Question 15

glycine 3 letter code

Answer 15

gly

Question 16

alanine 3 letter code

Answer 16

ala

Question 17

valine 3 letter code

Answer 17

val

Question 18

leucine 3 letter code

Answer 18

leu

Question 19

isoleucine 3 letter code

Answer 19

ile

Question 20

Serine 3 letter code

Answer 20

ser

Question 21

Threonine 3 letter code

Answer 21

thr

Question 22

cysteine 3 letter code

Answer 22

cys

Question 23

methionine 3 letter code

Answer 23

met

Question 24

aspartic acid 3 letter code

Answer 24

asp

Question 25

asparagine 3 letter code

Answer 25

asn

Question 26

glutamic acid 3 letter code

Answer 26

gly

Question 27

glutamine 3 letter code

Answer 27

gln

Question 28

arginine 3 letter code

Answer 28

arg

Question 29

lysine 3 letter code

Answer 29

lys

Question 30

histidine 3 letter code

Answer 30

his

Question 31

phenylalanine 3 letter code

Answer 31

phe

Question 32

tyrosine 3 letter code

Answer 32

tyr

Question 33

tryptophan 3 letter code

Answer 33

trp

Question 34

proline 3 letter code

Answer 34

pro

Question 35

Where are D amino acids found?

Answer 35

some antibiotics and bacterial cell walls

Question 36

essential amino acids

Answer 36

phenylalanine, valine, tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, methionine, histidine, lysine, leucine, arginine (kids)

Question 37

What is lacking in Kwashiorkor disease?

Answer 37

protein deprivation, creating energy malnutrition of protein greater than calorie deprivation

Question 38

what characterizes marasmus disease?

Answer 38

calorie deprivation is greater than protein reduction