Amino Acids Letters Flashcards
1
Q
V
A
Valine
2
Q
A
A
Alanine
3
Q
G
A
Glycine
4
Q
W
A
Tryptophan
5
Q
H
A
Histidine
6
Q
Y
A
Tyrosine
7
Q
L
A
Leucine
8
Q
I
A
Isoleucine
9
Q
F
A
Phenylalanine
10
Q
E
A
Glutamic acid
11
Q
S
A
Serine
12
Q
T
A
Threonine
13
Q
D
A
Aspartic acid
14
Q
P
A
Proline
15
Q
R
A
Arginine
16
Q
C
A
Cysteine
17
Q
K
A
Lysine
18
Q
Q
A
Glutamine
19
Q
M
A
Methionine
20
Q
N
A
Asparagine
21
Q
Acid
A
- Glutamic acid
2. Aspartic acid
22
Q
Basic
A
- Histidine
- Arginine
- Lysine
23
Q
Polar
A
- Serine
- Cysteine
- Tyrosine
- Threonine
- Asparagine
- Glutamine
24
Q
Nonpolar
A
- Glycine
- Alanine
- Valine
- Leucine
- Isoleucine
- Phenylalanine
- Methionine
- Tryptophan
- Proline
25
Sulfur
1. Methionine (nonpolar)
| 2. Cysteine (polar)
26
What AA has a distinctive ring covalently bonded to its nonpolar side chain
Proline
27
List the essential AA
1. W - tryptophan
2. T - Threonine
3. H - histidine
4. L - leucine
5. I - isoleucine
6. V - valine
7. F - phenylalanine
8. K - lysine
9. M - methionine
28
Mnemonic for all AA
Why Vag Life STD Parckq mn
29
Amino terminus end is the ....
First AA listed, H2N sticking out (basic)
30
Carboxyl terminus is at the ...
End made last, acidic
31
Asp
Aspartic acid
32
Glu
Glutamic acid
33
Lys
Lysine
34
Arg
Arginine
35
His
Histidine
36
Gly
Glycine
37
Ala
Alanine
38
Val
Valine
39
Leu
Leucine
40
Ile
Isoleucine
41
Phe
Phenylaline
42
Trp
Tryptophan
43
Ser
Serine
44
Thr
Threonine
45
Tyr
Tyrosine
46
Asn
Asparagine
47
Gln
Glutamine
48
Cys
Cysteine
49
Met
Methionine
50
Pro
Proline
