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Amino Acids Flashcards

1
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What is the name of this amino acid?

What is the three letter code for this amino acid?

What is the one letter code for this amino acid?

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Alanine

Ala

A

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What is this amino acid?

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Arginine

Arg

R

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3
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What is this amino acid?
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What is the one letter code?

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Asparagine

Asn

N

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What is this amino acid?

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Aspartic Acid

ASP

D

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5
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What is this amino acid?
What is the three letter code?

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Cysteine

CYS

C

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What is this amino acid?

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Glutamic Acid

GLU

E

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What is the amino acid?

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Glutamine

GLN

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8
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What is the amino acid?

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Glycine

GLY

G

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What is the amino acid?

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Histidine

HIS

H

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10
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What is the amino acid?

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Isoleucine

ILE

I

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What is the amino acid?

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Leucine

LEU

L

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What is the amino acid?

What is the three letter code?

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Lysine

LYS

K

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13
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What is the amino acid?

What is the three letter code?

What is the one letter code?

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Methionine

MET

M

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14
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What is the amino acid?

What is the three letter code?

What is the one letter code?

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Phenylalanine

PHE

F

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15
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What is the amino acid?

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What is the one letter code?

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Proline

PRO

P

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16
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What is the amino acid?

What is the three letter code?

What is the one letter code?

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Serine

SER

S

17
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What is the amino acid?

What is the three letter code?

What is the one letter code?

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Threonine

THR

T

18
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What is the amino acid?

What is the three letter code?

What is the one letter code?

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Tryptophan

TRP

W

19
Q

What is the amino acid?

What is the three letter code?

What is the one letter code?

A

Tyrosine

TYR

Y

20
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What is the amino acid?

What is the three letter code?

What is the one letter code?

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Valine

VAL

V

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22
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Name the non-polar, non aromatic amino acids?

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Alanine, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, and Proline

23
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Name the non-polar aromatic amino acids?

A

Phenylalanine

24
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Name the aromatic amino acids with intermediate polarity?

A

Tyrosine and Tryptophan

25
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Name the sulfur containing non polar amino acids?

A

Methionine

26
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What are the sulfur containing amino acids with limited polarity?

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Cystein

27
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What are the polar uncharged amino acids?

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Serine, Threonin, Asparganine, Glutamine

28
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What are the polar charged amino acids?

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Aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Lysine, Arginine, and Histidine

29
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What are the neutral amino acids?

A

Glycine, Alanine, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Proline, Phenylalanine, Tryptophan, Methionine, Serine, Threonine, Asparganine, and glutamine.

30
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What are the amino acids with ionizable side chains?

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Aspartic Acid, Glutamic Acid, Histidine, Lysine, Arginine, Cysteine, and Tyrosine.

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