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chapter 21 - amino acids Flashcards

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what is the mnemonic for nonpolar amino acids?

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what is the mnemonic for polar amino acids?

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what are the two mnemonics for acidic and basic amino acids

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what is the structure of methionine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Met
M
nonpolar

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what is the structure of glycine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Gly
G
nonpolar

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what is the structure of alanine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Ala
A
nonpolar

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what is the structure of leucine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Leu
L
nonpolar

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what is the structure of phenylalanine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Phe
F
nonpolar

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what is the structure of Isoleucine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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ile
i
nonpolar

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what is the structure of tryptophan? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Trp
W
nonpolar

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what is the structure of proline? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Pro
P
nonpolar

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what is the structure of valine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Val
V
nonpolar

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what is the structure of cysteine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Cys
C
polar

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what is the structure of glutamine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Gln
Q
polar

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what is the structure of threonine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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Thr
T
polar

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what is the structure of asparagine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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what is the structure of serine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

18
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what is the structure of tyrosine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it polar or nonpolar?

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what is the structure of Glutamic acid? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it acidic or basic?

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Glutamic acid
E
acidic

20
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what is the structure of Aspartic acid? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it acidic or basic?

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Asp
D
acidic

21
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what is the structure of Histidine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it acidic or basic?

22
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what is the structure of arginine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it acidic or basic?

23
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what is the structure of Lysine? the 3 letter and 1 letter acronym? is it acidic or basic?

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