Amino acids

Question 1

What is the acronym to remember the non-polar amino acids

Answer 1

Glaciers in Alaska Victoriously Locate Isolated Prowlers

Question 2

Meaning for Non-polar (hydrophobic) amino acids

Answer 2

Glaciers = Glycine (gly)
Alaska = Alanine (Ala)
Victoriously = Valine (val)
Locate = Leucine (Leu)
Isolated = Isoleucine (Ile)
Prowlers = Proline (pro)

Question 3

Acronym for polor side chains

Answer 3

Santas Team Crafts Awesome Gifts Yearly

Question 4

Meaning for Polar (hydrophilic) side chains

Answer 4

Santa = Serine (ser)
Team = Threonine (Thr)
Crafts = Cysteine (Cys)
Awesome = Asparagine (asn)
Gifts = glutamine (Gln)
Yearly = Tyrosine (Tyr)

Question 5

Acronym for Charged amino acids

Answer 5

Autumn Gets Lazy Around Home

Question 6

Meaning for Charged amino acids

Answer 6

Autumn = Aspartic acid (Asp) - charge
Gets = Glutamic acid (Glu) - charge
Lazy = Lysine (Lys) + charge
Around = Arginine (Arg) + charge
Home = Histidine (His) + charge

Question 7

Branched-Chain acronym

Answer 7

Vegas Loves Idiots

Question 8

Acronym for Branched chains meaning

Answer 8

Vegas = Valine (val)
Loves = Leucine (Leu)
Idiots = Isoleucine (Ile)

Question 9

Aromatic acronym

Answer 9

Aroma of Pine Trees and Timber

Question 10

Meaning for Aromatic Acronym

Answer 10

Aroma = aromatic
Pine = Phenylalanine (Phe)
Trees = Tyrosine (Tyr)
Timber = Tryptophan (trp)

Question 11

Sulfur-containing acronym

Answer 11

Methodically Check for Sulfur

Question 12

Sulfur contain acronym meaning

Answer 12

Methodically = Methionine (met)

Cysteine (cys)