amino acids and peptide bonds

Question 1

what are proteins important for

Answer 1

cell growth
cell repair
structure

Question 2

name 7 things that proteins form

Answer 2

enzymes
cell membrane proteins
hormones
immunoproteins
transport proteins
structural proteins
contractile proteins

Question 3

how many amino acids are common to all living organisms

Answer 3

20

Question 4

what is the general structure of an amino acid

Answer 4

amine group ( NH2)
carboxyl group ( COOH)
a hydrogen atom
a central carbon
an R group

Question 5

what is an R group

Answer 5

the group which allows each amino acid to differ and why their properties differ

Question 6

what type of bonds forms between amino acids

Answer 6

peptide!

Question 7

how does a peptide bond form

Answer 7

a hydroxyl (OH) is lost from the carboxyl group on one amino acid and a hydrogen atom is lost from the amine group of the other

Question 8

what type of reaction is peptide bonding

Answer 8

condensation