Amino Acids Flashcards

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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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Proline

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Methionine

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Cysteine

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Phenylalanine

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Tyrosine

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Tryptophan

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Serine

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Threonine

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Aspartate

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Glutamate

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Arginine

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Lysine

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Histidine

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Asparagine

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20
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Glutamine

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21
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What is the one letter code for Glycine

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G

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22
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What is the one letter code for Alanine?

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A

23
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What is the one letter code forValine

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V

24
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What is the one letter code forLeucine

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L

25
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What is the one letter code forIsoleucine

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I

26
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What is the one letter code forProline

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P

27
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What is the one letter code forMethionine?

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M

28
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What is the one letter code forCysteine?

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C

29
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What is the one letter code forPhenylalanine?

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F

30
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What is the one letter code forTyrosine?

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Y

31
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What is the one letter code forTryptophan?

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W

32
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What is the one letter code forSerine?

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S

33
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What is the one letter code forThreonine?

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T

34
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What is the one letter code forAspartate?

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D

35
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What is the one letter code forGlutamate?

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E

36
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What is the one letter code forArginine?

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R

37
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What is the one letter code forLysine?

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K

38
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What is the one letter code forHistidine?

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H

39
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What is the one letter code forAsparagine?

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N

40
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What is the one letter code forGlutamine?

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Q

41
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What are the aliphatic amino acids?

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Glycine, alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, and proline

42
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What are the sulfur-containing amino acids?

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Methionine and cysteine

43
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What are the aromatic amino acids?

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Phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan

44
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What are the aliphatic hydroxyl amino acids?

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Serine, threonine

45
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What are the acidic amino acids (at neutral pH)?

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Aspartate, glutamate

46
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What are the basic amino acids (at neutral pH)?

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Arginine, lysine, histidine

47
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What are the amide derivative amino acids?

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Asparagine, glutamine

48
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What is the average weight of one amino acid?

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110 Da

49
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Which amino acids are both ketogenic and glutogenic?

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Phenylalanine, Isoleucine, Threonine, Tyrosine, and Tryptophan. (FITTT)

50
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Which amino acids are only ketogenic?

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Leucine and lysine (LK)

51
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Which amino acid is R configuration?

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Cysteine

52
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All amino acids in the human body are [L/D] configuration

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All amino acids in the human body are L configuration

53
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[Ketogenic/Glucogenic] amino acids are amino acids that can be directly degraded into acetyl-CoA

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Ketogenic amino acids are amino acids that can be directly degraded into acetyl-CoA

54
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[Ketogenic/Glucogenic] amino acids are amino acids that are converted into glucose

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Glucogenic amino acids are amino acids that are converted into glucose