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Amino Acids Flashcards

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What are the 4 distinct structures of an Amino Acid?

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What are the rules for a fisher projection?

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Horizontal lines = groups coming towards you.
Vertical Lines = groups going away from you.
Intersection =Alpha Carbon(Chiral carbon)

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When placed in water, what happens to amino acids?

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What are the 7 amino acids with an aliphatic, nonpolar side chain.

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Aliphatic= Carbons that form linear/branched structure NO rings.

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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P (Pro) Proline.
Aliphatic (Ring forms with amino group NOT itself)
Nonpolar side chain
Unique: its side chain, makes a ring by bonding with its main chain nitrogen.

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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G (Gly) Glycince.
Aliphatic
Nonpolar side chain.
Unique: glycine has no side chain. It is achiral.

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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I (Ile) Isoleucine
Aliphatic
Nonpolar side chain
Unique: is one of two amino acids with a chiral chain.

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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A (Ala) Alanine
Aliphatic
Nonpolar side chain.

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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V (Val) Valine
Aliphatic
Nonpolar side chain

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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L (Leu) Leucine
Aliphatic
Nonpolar side chain

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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M (Met) Methionine
Aliphatic
Nonpolar side chain

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What are the 5 amino acids with an uncharged, polar side chain?

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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S (Ser) Serine
Uncharged
Polar side chain

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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T (Thr) Threonine
Uncharged
Polar side chain
Unique: one of the two amino acids that have a side chain, which is chiral.

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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C (Cys) Cystine
Uncharged
Polar side chain
Unique: 1. Can form Disulfide bonds, 2. S is good nucleophile. 3. Good in coordinating metals 4.
pK of the SH is ~8.3

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16
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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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N (Asn) Asparagine
Uncharged
Polar side chain

17
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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it?

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Q (Gln) Glutamine
Uncharged
Polar side chain

18
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What are the 3 amino acids with positively charged side chains?

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19
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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it? What’s the pK?

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K (Lys) Lysine
Positive charged side chain
pK=10

20
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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it? What’s the pK?

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R (Arg) Arginine
Positively charged side chain
pK=12.5

21
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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it? What’s the pK?

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H (His) Histidine
Positively charged side chain (Generally neutral but about 10% is positive generally)
pK= 6
Unique: 1. The PK being six means that at a neutral pH the ring is both protonated and unprotonated. At a pH below the PK a larger fraction is protonated than unprotonated.
2. It is often involved in acid base catalysis.
3. The side chain is good and coordinating metals.

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What are the two amino acids with a negatively charged side chain?

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23
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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it? What’s the pK?

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D (Asp) Aspartate
Negatively charged side chain
Very hydrophilic
Occur often in active sites.
Can coordinate metals
pK= 3.9

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it? What’s the pK?

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E (Glu) Glutamate
Negatively charged side chain
Very hydrophilic
Occur often in active sites.
Can coordinate metals
pK= 4.2

25
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Name the 3 amino acids with aromatic side chains. (What two are amphiphilic?)

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The two are: Tyrosine and Tryptophan.

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it? What’s the pK? What wave length does it absorb?

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F (Phe) Phenylalanine
Aromatic side chain
pK unimportant.
Absorbs at 258 nm.

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it? What’s the pK? What wave length does it absorb?

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Y (Tyr) Tyrosine
Aromatic side chain
pK=10.1
nm not said yet

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What is this amino Acid? What type of molecule is it? What’s the pK? What wave length does it absorb?

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W (Trp) Tryptophan
Aromatic side chain
pK unimportant.
Nm=unkown rn

29
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What does the amino group look like above the pKa? below?

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Above: NH2
Below: NH3+

30
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What does the hydroxyl group look like above the pKa? below?

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Above: O-
Below: OH

31
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What does the SH group look like above the pKa? below?

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Above: S-
Below: SH

32
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Test your amino acid memorization.

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33
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What does the imidazole group look like above the pKa? below?

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34
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What does the Guanidinium group look like above the pKa? below?

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35
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True of false: the pKa of the same functional group can be different in different molecules?

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True!

36
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What is the chirality of amino acids? Any exceptions?

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19 are L configuration from their alpha carbon.
Glycine isn’t chiral!

37
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Why will you never see proline in the middle of a helics?

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Proline is a helix breaker!
Proline can’t make H-bonds with another amino acid as the amino group makes a covalent bond with its side chain instead.

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