Amino acids Flashcards

1
Q

Amino Acids with Electrically Charged Side Chains

A

Positive:
- Arg
- His
- Lys

Negative
- Asp
- Glu

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2
Q

Amino Acids with Polar Uncharged Side Chains

A

Ser
Thr
Asn
Gln

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3
Q

Special cases Amino Acids

A

Cys
Gly
Pro

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4
Q

Amino Acids with hydrophobic side chains
(AVLIMFWY)

A

Ala
Val
Ile
Leu
Met
Phe
Tyr
Trp

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5
Q

Non-polar amino acids

A

G
A
V
C
P
L
I
M
W
F

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6
Q

+ charge amino acids

A

R
H
K

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7
Q

Polar amino acids

A

S
T
Y
R
Q

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8
Q
  • charge amino acids
A

D
E

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9
Q

building blocks of proteins

A
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10
Q

organic molecule containing both carboxyl acid and amino functional
groups.

A

Amino acids

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11
Q

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

A

Amino acids

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12
Q

capable of being converted to glucose/ sugar

A

Glucogenic Amino acid

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13
Q

capable of being converted to ketone

A

Ketogenic Amino acid

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14
Q

Examples of Ketogenic Amino Acid

A

L
K

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15
Q

a process of changing/ deviating from the native
conformation.

A

Denaturation

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16
Q

What are some denaturing agents:

A

Heat
Extreme pH
Mercaptoethanol

17
Q

constitute 70% of the organic matter of a cell.

A

Proteins

18
Q

Are polymers of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.

A

Proteins

19
Q

Types of proteins

A
  • Based on shape
  • Functions
20
Q

Based on shape protein

A

Globular
Fibrous

21
Q

Globule

A

Globular

22
Q

Example globular proteins

A

Albumin
Hemeglobin

23
Q

Examples of Fibrous proteins

A

Keratin
Collagen

24
Q

Large

A

Fibrous proteins

25
Q

Enumerate the Functions of Proteins

A

Collagen
Elastin
Myoglobin
Hemoglobin
Insulin and Glucagon
Immunoglobulins

26
Q

structural protein; made up of 2AA.

A

Collagen

27
Q

Blood vessels

A

Elastin

28
Q

Storage proteins, msucles

A

Myoglobin

29
Q

Transport proteins, carries O2 blood

A

Hemoglobin

30
Q

Hormones; controlling blood sugar

A

Insulin and Glucagon

31
Q

Antibodies

A

Immunoglobulins

32
Q

Enumerate how is proteins Isolation or Sequencing?

A
  • By polarity: salting out, precipitation
  • By charge
  • By size
33
Q

salting out, precipitation

A

By polarity

34
Q

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.

A

Chromatography

35
Q

may be either liquid or a gas

A

Mobile phase

36
Q

either solid or a liquid

A

Stationary phase

37
Q

Normal
Mobile phase - ?
Stationary phase - ?

A

Mobile phase: Non-polar
Stationary phase: Polar

38
Q

Reverse
Mobile phase - ?
Stationary phase - ?

A

Mobile phase: Polar
Stationary phase: Non-Polar