Amino acids

Question 1

Amino Acids with Electrically Charged Side Chains

Answer 1

Positive:
- Arg
- His
- Lys

Negative
- Asp
- Glu

Question 2

Amino Acids with Polar Uncharged Side Chains

Answer 2

Ser
Thr
Asn
Gln

Question 3

Special cases Amino Acids

Answer 3

Cys
Gly
Pro

Question 4

Amino Acids with hydrophobic side chains
(AVLIMFWY)

Answer 4

Ala
Val
Ile
Leu
Met
Phe
Tyr
Trp

Question 5

Non-polar amino acids

Answer 5

G
A
V
C
P
L
I
M
W
F

Question 6

+ charge amino acids

Answer 6

R
H
K

Question 7

Polar amino acids

Answer 7

S
T
Y
R
Q

Question 8

• charge amino acids

Answer 8

D
E

Question 9

building blocks of proteins

Question 10

organic molecule containing both carboxyl acid and amino functional
groups.

Answer 10

Amino acids

Question 11

Can be group as nonpolar, polar, acidic, basic.

Answer 11

Amino acids

Question 12

capable of being converted to glucose/ sugar

Answer 12

Glucogenic Amino acid

Question 13

capable of being converted to ketone

Answer 13

Ketogenic Amino acid

Question 14

Examples of Ketogenic Amino Acid

Answer 14

L
K

Question 15

a process of changing/ deviating from the native
conformation.

Answer 15

Denaturation

Question 16

What are some denaturing agents:

Answer 16

Heat
Extreme pH
Mercaptoethanol

Question 17

constitute 70% of the organic matter of a cell.

Answer 17

Proteins

Question 18

Are polymers of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.

Answer 18

Proteins

Question 19

Types of proteins

Answer 19

• Based on shape
• Functions

Question 20

Based on shape protein

Answer 20

Globular
Fibrous

Question 21

Globule

Answer 21

Globular

Question 22

Example globular proteins

Answer 22

Albumin
Hemeglobin

Question 23

Examples of Fibrous proteins

Answer 23

Keratin
Collagen

Question 24

Large

Answer 24

Fibrous proteins

Question 25

Enumerate the Functions of Proteins

Answer 25

Collagen Elastin Myoglobin Hemoglobin Insulin and Glucagon Immunoglobulins

Question 26

structural protein; made up of 2AA.

Answer 26

Collagen

Question 27

Blood vessels

Answer 27

Elastin

Question 28

Storage proteins, msucles

Answer 28

Myoglobin

Question 29

Transport proteins, carries O2 blood

Answer 29

Hemoglobin

Question 30

Hormones; controlling blood sugar

Answer 30

Insulin and Glucagon

Question 31

Antibodies

Answer 31

Immunoglobulins

Question 32

Enumerate how is proteins Isolation or Sequencing?

Answer 32

* By polarity: salting out, precipitation * By charge * By size

Question 33

salting out, precipitation

Answer 33

By polarity

Question 34

technique for separating the components, or solutes, of a mixture on the basis of the relative amounts of each solute distributed between a moving fluid stream, called the mobile phase, and a contiguous stationary phase.

Answer 34

Chromatography

Question 35

may be either liquid or a gas

Answer 35

Mobile phase

Question 36

either solid or a liquid

Answer 36

Stationary phase

Question 37

Normal Mobile phase - ? Stationary phase - ?

Answer 37

Mobile phase: Non-polar Stationary phase: Polar

Question 38

Reverse Mobile phase - ? Stationary phase - ?

Answer 38

Mobile phase: Polar Stationary phase: Non-Polar