Amino Acids Flashcards
What are the aromatic amino acids
Phenylalanine
Tryptophan
Tyrosine
Histidine
What amino acids are non-polar, and aromatic
Phenylalanine and tryptophan
What amino acids are polar and aromatic
Tyrosine and histidine
What amino acids are positively charged (and obvs have to be polar to be charged)
Histidine
Lysine
Arginine
What amino acids are negatively charged (and obvs have to be polar to have a charge)
Aspartate and glutamate
What is the smallest amino acid
Glycine (its nonpolar)
What is the largest amino acid
Tryptophan (nonpolar aromatic)
What are the 9n non polar amino acids in order of size
Glycine, alanine, proline, valine, leucine, isoleucine, methionine, phenylalanine, tryptophan
What are all the 11 polar amino acids by size
Serine, threonine, cysteine, asparagine, glutamine, tyrosine, Aspartate, glutamate, histidine, lysine, arginine
What are the 9 essential amino acids
Phenylalanine, histidine, tryptophan
Valine, leucine, isoleucine
Lysine, methionine, threonine