Amino Acids

Proteins are made of polymers of amino acids.

Amino acid residues are joined to their neighbor by a specific type of covalent bond.

Proteins can be broken down (hydrolyzed) to their constituent amino acids by a variety of methods.

<p>Twenty different amino acids are commonly found in proteins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first amino acid to be discovered was asparagine, in 1806.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The term 'residue' refers to an amino acid joined to its neighbor by a specific type of covalent bond.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Twenty different amino acids are commonly found in proteins.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Asparagine was the first amino acid to be discovered in 1806.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The first letter in the AGLPT sequence is not unique but is assigned to the Protein Architecture-Amino Acids.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>RFYW in the AGLPT sequence represent arginine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan.</p> Signup and view all the answers