Amino Acids Flashcards
What is a nonpolar amino acid
Amino acids with no charge, hydrophobic
Which one is a nonpolar aromatic acid?
Phenylaline
Tryptophan
What is hydrophobic interaction?
When two hydrophobic amino acids interact with each other to stay away from h2o
Where is a polar amino acid located?
They cluster on the surface of soluble proteins
Outside) (in a polar env
Where are non-polar amino acids located?
Cluster On the surface of membrane proteins (inside)
Where would valine be present in a molecule
In the trans membrane region because its non-polar meaning its hydrophobic
What would happen if a non-polar mol mutated to aa polar mol?
Protein, or certain area of a protein will be destabilized
What does the carboxylation of glutamate produce?
Carboxylglutamate
Where is carboxylglutamate found?
In protein factors concerned with blood clotting cascade
List 4 uncommon amino acids
Carboxylglutamate
Hydroxyl proline
Hydroxylysine
Desmosine
What is the structure of an amino acid
Carboxyl and amino group bonded to the same carbon atom called alpha carbon, and a side chain determines the type of amino acid
