Amino Acids Flashcards
List the essential/nonessential amino acids
Essential
- Histidine
- Isoleucine
- Leucine
- Lysine
- Methionine
- Phenylmethionine
- Threonine
- Tryptophan
- Valine
Nonessential
- Alanine
- Arginine
- Asparagine
- Aspartate
- Cysteine
- Glutamate
- Glutamine
- Glycine
- Proline
- Serine
- Tyrosine
Draw Alanine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Alphatic, Hydrophobic/Nonpolar, Nonessential
Draw Glycine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Aliphatic, Hydrophobic/Nonpolar, Nonessential
Draw Isoleucine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Aliphatic, Hydrophobic/Nonpolar, Essential
Draw Leucine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Aliphatic, Hydrophobic/Nonpolar, Essential
Draw Proline and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Aliphatic, Hydrophobic/Nonpolar, Nonessential
Draw Valine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Aliphatic, Hydrophobic/Nonpolar, Essential
Draw Phenylalanine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Aromatic, Hydophobic/Nonpolar, Essential
Draw Tryptophan and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Aromatic, Hydrophobic/Nonpolar, Essential
Draw Tyrosine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Aromatic, Polar, Nonessential
Draw Aspartic Acid (Aspartate) and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Acidic, Negatively Charged, Nonessential
Draw Glutamic Acid (Glutamate) and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Acidic, Negatively Charged, Nonessential
Draw Arginine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Basic, Positively Charged, Nonessential
Draw Histidine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Basic, Positively Charged, Essential
Draw Lysine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Basic, Positively Charged, Essential
Draw Serine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Hydroxylic, Polar, Nonessential
Draw Threonine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Hydroxylic, Polar, Essential
Draw Cysteine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Sulfur-Containing, Polar, Nonessential
Draw Methionine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Sulfur-Containing, Hydrophobic/Nonpolar, Essential
Draw Asparagine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Amidic, Polar, Nonessential
Draw Glutamine and Include:
3 letter name
1 letter name
Category
Amidic, Polar, Nonessential
Draw the generic structure of a tripeptide at pH 7, label R groups R1, R2, R3. Draw Tripeptide Met-Phe-Ser at pH 7.
What are the pKas of the amino acid side chains? What pH are they protonated/deprotonated?
