amino acids

Question 1

nonpolar amino acids - acronym

Answer 1

G A V L I P - M T P

Question 2

non polar amino acids; list

Answer 2

glycine (gly, G) alanine (Ala, A) valine (val V) leucine (leu, L) isoleucine (ile, I) proline (pro P) methionine (met, M) tryptophan (trp, W) phenylalanine (phe, F)

Question 3

polar acronym

Answer 3

STY - CNQ

Question 4

polar AA’s list

Answer 4

serine (ser, S) threonine (thr, T) tyrosine (tyr, Y) cysteine (cys, C) asparagine (asn, N) glutamine (gln, Q)

Question 5

draw serine

Answer 5

just add a CH2 and an OH

Question 6

threonine structure

Answer 6

backbone, draw a T, stick an OH at one end

Question 7

tyrosine structure

Answer 7

like phenylalanine, but stick an OH on it

Question 8

cysteine

Answer 8

draw a sulfhydryl group coming out of beta carbon

Question 9

what’s special about glutamine and asparagine

Answer 9

have a carboxamide group coming out of them

Question 10

structure asparagine

Answer 10

beta carbon attached to carboxamide group

Question 11

structure glutamine

Answer 11

same as asparagine except extra CH2 group

Question 12

aspartic acid

Answer 12

asp, D.

structure is CH2, carboxylate group

Question 13

glutamic acid

Answer 13

aspartic acid but with an extra CH2