Amino Acids Flashcards

1
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Building blocks of proteins

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Amino acid

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2
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What are the nonpolar side chains amino acid

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Glycine
Alanine
Valine
Leucine
Isoleucine
Phenylalanine
Proline

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3
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What are the amino acid that present in hydroxyl group

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Serine
Threonine
Tyrosine

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4
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What are the polar amino acid

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Serine
Threonine
Cysteine
Asparagine
Glutamine

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5
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What are the aromatic R groups amino acid

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Phenylalanine
Tyrosine
Tryptophan

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6
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What are the amino acid that has presence of sulfur

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Cysteine
Methionine

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7
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What are the non basic nitrogen amino acid

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Asparagine
Glutamine
Tryptophan

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8
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What are the acidic amino acid

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Aspartic acid
Glutamic acid

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9
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What are the essential amino acid

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Histidine
Methionine
Alanine
Threonine
Isoleucine
Leucine
Valine
Proline

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10
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The pH at which the net charge of the molecule is zero

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Isoelectric point

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11
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The ion form of the amino acid wherein the net charge of the molecule is zero; the ionized form of the amino acid at its isoelectric point

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Zwitterion

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12
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Amino acid is _____ in water

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Soluble

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13
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Amino acid is _____ in nonpolar solvent

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Insoluble

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14
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What are the examples of nonpolar solvent

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Benzene and ether

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15
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Amino acid is ____ melting point and have _____ vapor pressure

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High,low

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16
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Amino acid have large _____ moments and ______constant

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Dipole, dielectric

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17
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Amino acid is _____ except for glycine

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Chiral

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18
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Amino acid can _____ light in the _____ region

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Absorb, UV

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19
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Covalent bonds formed by the nucleophilic addition elimination reaction

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Peptide bonds

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20
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What reaction is involved between the nucleophilic addition elimination of peptide bonds

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Carboxylic group and amino group

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21
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What do you call a peptide that contains two amino acid

22
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What do you call a peptide that contains three amino acid

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Tripeptide

23
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What do you call a peptide that contains four amino acid

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Tetrapeptide

24
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What is the peptide bond formation

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Mechanism of nucleic addition elimination reaction

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One and three letter abbreviation of alanine
A, Ala
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one and three letter abbreviations of arginine
R, Arg
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one and three letter abbreviations of asparagine
N, Asn
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one and three letter abbreviation of aspartic acid
D, Asp
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one and three letter abbreviation of cysteine
C, Cys
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One and three letter abbreviation of glutamic acid
E, Glu
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one and three letter abbreviations of glutamine
Q, Gln
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one and three letter abbreviation of glycine
G, Gly
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one and three letter abbreviation of histidine
H, His
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one and three letter abbreviations of isoleucine
I, Ile
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One and three letter abbreviations of leucine
L, Leu
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One and three letter abbreviation of lysine
K,Lys
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One and three letter abbreviation of methionine
M, Met
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One and three letter abbreviation of phenylalanine
F, Phe
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One and three letter abbreviations of proline
P, Pro
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one and three letter abbreviation of serine
S, Ser
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one and three letter abbreviation of threonine
T, Thr
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One and three letter abbreviation of tryptophan
W, Trp
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one and three letter abbreviation of tyrosine
Y, Tyr
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one and three letter abbreviation of valine
V, Val
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Are used to represent amino acid s are given after the names
Three letter and one letter abbreviation
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An amino acid polymer of short chain length
Peptide
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An amino acid polymer of intermediate chain length containing up to 50 amino acids residues
Polypeptide
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The parts of amino acids involved in peptide polypeptide or protein chain formation by the removal of water
Amino acid residue
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An amino acid on the left end of a chain that has an unreacted or free amino group
N terminal residue
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An amino acid on the right end of a chain that has an unreacted or free carboxylate group
C terminal residue
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A bond produced by the oxidation of -SH groups on two cysteine residues. The bond loops are holds two peptide chains together
Disulfide bridge