Amino Acids Flashcards

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Glycine, Alanine, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Tryptophan, Proline.

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What are the 9 Nonpolar Hydrophobic Amino Acids?

Group A

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Serine, Threonine, Cysteine, Tyrosine, Asparagine, Glutamine

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What are the 6 uncharged hydrophobic amino acids?

Group B

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Aspartate, Glutamate, Lysine, Arginine, Histidine

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What are the 5 Polar Charged Hydrophobic Amino Acids?

Group C

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Why are amino acids called Amino acids?

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They have an amine group and a carboxyl group

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What is the significance of the alpha carbon atom?

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It is between the carboxyl and amino group

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In which isoform (L/D) are most natural amino acids?

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L-form

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What’s so special about glycine?

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No asymmetric carbons due to Hydrogen as the R-group

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What’s so special about Methionine?

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It contains Sulfur

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What’s so special about proline?

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It forms a kink in a protein due to a ring structure

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What is so special about serine, threonine, and tyrosine?

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They have a hydroxyl group that easily soaks up H20

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What’s so special about aspartate and glutamate?

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negative charged

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Whats so special about Lysine, Arginine, and Histidine?

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They are positively charged

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What’s so special about cysteine?

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It can form a disulfide bond with another cysteine.

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Alanine

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R

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Arginine

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N

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Asparagine

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D

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Aspartate

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C

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Cysteine

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E

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Glutamate

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Q

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Glutamine

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G

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Glycine

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H

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Histidine

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I

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Isoleucine

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L

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Leucine

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K

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Lysine

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M

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Methionine

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F

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Phenylalanine

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P

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Proline

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S

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Serine

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T

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Threonine

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W

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Tryptophan

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Y

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Tyrosine

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V

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Valine

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Glycine

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Alanine

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Valine

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Leucine

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Isoleucine

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Methionine

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Phenylalanine

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Tryptophan

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Proline

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Serine

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Threonine

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Cysteine

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Tyrosine

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Asparagine

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Glutamine

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Aspartate

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Glutamate

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Lysine

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Arginine

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Histidine

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