Amino Acids

Question 1

Hydrophobic / nonpolar side chains

Answer 1

alanine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, valine, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, cysteine, proline

Question 2

aromatic/bulky side chain

Answer 2

phenylalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine

Question 3

Alanine

Answer 3

Ala, A

Question 4

Arginine

Answer 4

Arg, R

Question 5

Asparagine

Answer 5

Asn, N

Question 6

Aspartic acid

Answer 6

Asp, D

Question 7

Cysteine

Answer 7

Cys, C

Question 8

Glutamic acid

Answer 8

Glu, E

Question 9

Glutamine

Answer 9

Gln, Q

Question 10

Glycine

Answer 10

Gly, G

Question 11

Histidine

Answer 11

His, H

Question 12

Hydroxyproline

Answer 12

Hyp, O

Question 13

Isoleucine

Answer 13

Ile, I

Question 14

Leucine

Answer 14

Leu, L

Question 15

Lysine

Answer 15

Lys, K

Question 16

Methionine

Answer 16

Met, M

Question 17

Phenylalanine

Answer 17

Phe, F

Question 18

Proline

Answer 18

Pro, P

Question 19

Pyroglutamic

Answer 19

Glp, U

Question 20

Serine

Answer 20

Ser, S

Question 21

Threonine

Answer 21

Thr, T

Question 22

Tryptophan

Answer 22

Trp, W

Question 23

Tyrosine

Answer 23

Tyr, Y

Question 24

Valine

Answer 24

Val, V

Question 25

positive charged amino acids

Answer 25

lysine, arginine, histidine

Question 26

polar amino acids

Answer 26

serine, threonine, tyrosine, asparagine, glutamine

Question 27

negative charged amino acids

Answer 27

aspartic acid, glutamic acid

Question 28

special case amino acid and why

Answer 28

histidine - has a variable charge on the imidazole ring