Amino Acids Flashcards
What makes up an amino acid?
Central carbon atom, carboxyl group, R-group and amino group
What are the negatively charged amino acids (ACIDIC)?
Glutamate (Glu, E), Aspartate (Asp, D)
What are the positively charged amino acids (BASIC)?
Arginine (Arg, R), Histidine (His, H), Lysine (Lys, K)
MNEMONIC charged amino acids
“Dragons Eat Knights Riding Horses” D (aspartate), E (glutamate), K (lysine), R (arginine), H (histidine)
MNEMONIC for amino acid make-up
CORN: CO (carboxyl group), R (R-group), N (amino group NH3+)
What are the polar (hydrophilic) amino acids?
asparagine (Asn, N), aspartate (Asp, D), serine (Ser, S), glutamine (Gln, Q), threonine (Thr, T), glutamate (Glu, E), and tyrosine (Tyr, Y), histidine (His, H), Lysine (Lys, K), Arginine (Arg, R).
MNEMONIC for polar amino acids
“Santa’s Dream Team Never Quits Each Year”
What are the non-polar (hydrophobic) amino acids?
Alanine (Ala, A)
Phenylalanine (Phe, F)
Glycine (Gly, G)
Proline (Pro, P)
Isoleucine (Ile)
Tryptophan (Trp, W)
Leucine (Leu, L)
Isoleucine (Ile, I)
Valine (Val, V)
Methionine (Met, M)
Cysteine (Cys, C)
MNEMONIC for nonpolar amino acids
“Grandma Always Visits London In May For Winston Churchill’s Party”
Amino Acid Letter Codes mnemonic ways to remember
Alanine - A
Arrrrginine - R
AsparDic acid - D
Asparaginnnne - N
Cysteine - C
G(Qlu)lutamine - Q
Glutamic acid - E (after other acid, D, so E)
Glycine - G
Histidine - H
Isoleucine - I
Leucine - L
LyKsine - K
Methionine - M
Phhhhenylalanine - F
Proline - P
Serine - S
Threonine - T
Tryptophan - W
Tyyyyrosine - Y
Valine - V
Alanine
Ala, A
Arginine
Arg, R
Aspartic acid
Asp, D
Asparagine
Asn, N
Cysteine
Cyc, C
