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What is the central atom in all amino acids?
What is the central atom in all amino acids?
- Oxygen
- Nitrogen
- Hydrogen
- Carbon (correct)
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
- The pH at which an amino acid or protein has no overall net charge (correct)
- The pH at which an amino acid or protein becomes unstable
- The pH at which an amino acid or protein has a positive charge
- The pH at which an amino acid or protein has a negative charge
What is the difference between polar and nonpolar amino acids?
What is the difference between polar and nonpolar amino acids?
- Polar amino acids have a charge, while nonpolar amino acids do not
- Polar amino acids are positively charged, while nonpolar amino acids are negatively charged
- Polar amino acids are water-soluble, while nonpolar amino acids are not (correct)
- Polar amino acids have an R group, while nonpolar amino acids do not
What is the structure of a peptide bond?
What is the structure of a peptide bond?
What is the pH of physiological fluids?
What is the pH of physiological fluids?
What determines the charge of a protein?
What determines the charge of a protein?
What is the function of enzymes in amino acid synthesis?
What is the function of enzymes in amino acid synthesis?
What is the difference between acidic and basic proteins?
What is the difference between acidic and basic proteins?
What is the charge of an amino acid at its isoelectric point?
What is the charge of an amino acid at its isoelectric point?
What is the name of the functional group represented by R in amino acids?
What is the name of the functional group represented by R in amino acids?
What is the name of the form amino acids take at physiological pH values?
What is the name of the form amino acids take at physiological pH values?
What is the nomenclature for peptides?
What is the nomenclature for peptides?
What is the central atom in all amino acids?
What is the central atom in all amino acids?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the difference between polar and nonpolar amino acids?
What is the difference between polar and nonpolar amino acids?
What is the structure of a peptide bond?
What is the structure of a peptide bond?
What is the pH of physiological fluids?
What is the pH of physiological fluids?
What determines the charge of a protein?
What determines the charge of a protein?
What is the function of enzymes in amino acid synthesis?
What is the function of enzymes in amino acid synthesis?
What is the difference between acidic and basic proteins?
What is the difference between acidic and basic proteins?
What is the charge of an amino acid at its isoelectric point?
What is the charge of an amino acid at its isoelectric point?
What is the name of the functional group represented by R in amino acids?
What is the name of the functional group represented by R in amino acids?
What is the name of the form amino acids take at physiological pH values?
What is the name of the form amino acids take at physiological pH values?
What is the nomenclature for peptides?
What is the nomenclature for peptides?
What is the structure of amino acids?
What is the structure of amino acids?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What determines the solubility of amino acids in water?
What determines the solubility of amino acids in water?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on their R groups?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on their R groups?
What are peptide bonds?
What are peptide bonds?
What is the three-dimensional structure of proteins determined by?
What is the three-dimensional structure of proteins determined by?
What are the two categories of proteins based on their pI?
What are the two categories of proteins based on their pI?
What is the zwitterionic form of amino acids?
What is the zwitterionic form of amino acids?
What are the different classifications of amino acids based on their R groups?
What are the different classifications of amino acids based on their R groups?
What is the pH at which an acidic protein has the highest solubility in water?
What is the pH at which an acidic protein has the highest solubility in water?
What is the significance of the L isomers of amino acids?
What is the significance of the L isomers of amino acids?
How are peptides named?
How are peptides named?
What is the general structure of amino acids?
What is the general structure of amino acids?
What determines the solubility of amino acids in water?
What determines the solubility of amino acids in water?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on polarity?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on polarity?
What are the five classifications of amino acids based on R groups?
What are the five classifications of amino acids based on R groups?
What is the isoelectric point (pI) of an amino acid or protein?
What is the isoelectric point (pI) of an amino acid or protein?
How are peptide bonds formed?
How are peptide bonds formed?
What determines the three-dimensional structure of a protein?
What determines the three-dimensional structure of a protein?
What are acidic proteins?
What are acidic proteins?
What are basic proteins?
What are basic proteins?
Why are cells able to specifically synthesize the L isomers of amino acids?
Why are cells able to specifically synthesize the L isomers of amino acids?
What is the convention for naming peptides?
What is the convention for naming peptides?
What is the zwitterionic form of amino acids?
What is the zwitterionic form of amino acids?
What is the structure of amino acids?
What is the structure of amino acids?
What determines the solubility of amino acids in water?
What determines the solubility of amino acids in water?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on polarity?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on polarity?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the primary structure of proteins?
What is the primary structure of proteins?
What is the charge on acidic proteins?
What is the charge on acidic proteins?
What is the charge on basic proteins?
What is the charge on basic proteins?
What is the stereochemistry of amino acids?
What is the stereochemistry of amino acids?
What is the pH of physiological fluids?
What is the pH of physiological fluids?
What is the charge on zwitterionic amino acids?
What is the charge on zwitterionic amino acids?
What are peptide bonds?
What are peptide bonds?
What is the convention for naming peptides?
What is the convention for naming peptides?
What is the general structure of an amino acid?
What is the general structure of an amino acid?
What determines the solubility of amino acids in water?
What determines the solubility of amino acids in water?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on their R groups?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on their R groups?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
How are peptide bonds formed?
How are peptide bonds formed?
What determines the three-dimensional structure of a protein?
What determines the three-dimensional structure of a protein?
What is the difference between acidic and basic proteins?
What is the difference between acidic and basic proteins?
What is the stereochemistry of amino acids?
What is the stereochemistry of amino acids?
What is the name of the residue used to name peptides?
What is the name of the residue used to name peptides?
What is the zwitterionic form of an amino acid?
What is the zwitterionic form of an amino acid?
What is the charge on the side chains of amino acids in a protein?
What is the charge on the side chains of amino acids in a protein?
What is the difference between polar and nonpolar amino acids?
What is the difference between polar and nonpolar amino acids?
What is the structure of amino acids?
What is the structure of amino acids?
What are R groups in amino acids?
What are R groups in amino acids?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on their R groups?
What are the three classifications of amino acids based on their R groups?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What are peptide bonds?
What are peptide bonds?
What determines the three-dimensional structure of proteins?
What determines the three-dimensional structure of proteins?
What type of proteins contain many negatively charged amino acids and have a low pI?
What type of proteins contain many negatively charged amino acids and have a low pI?
What is the stereospecificity of amino acids?
What is the stereospecificity of amino acids?
What is the nomenclature of peptides?
What is the nomenclature of peptides?
What is the charge of amino acids at physiological pH values?
What is the charge of amino acids at physiological pH values?
What are the two functional groups attached to the α-carbon in amino acids?
What are the two functional groups attached to the α-carbon in amino acids?
What are proteins?
What are proteins?
What is the chemical structure of amino acids?
What is the chemical structure of amino acids?
How many commonly found amino acids are there in proteins?
How many commonly found amino acids are there in proteins?
What is the significance of the R group in amino acids?
What is the significance of the R group in amino acids?
What are the different classifications of amino acids based on R groups?
What are the different classifications of amino acids based on R groups?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What are peptide bonds?
What are peptide bonds?
What determines the three-dimensional structure of proteins?
What determines the three-dimensional structure of proteins?
What are the different classifications of proteins based on their amino acid composition?
What are the different classifications of proteins based on their amino acid composition?
What is the stereochemistry of amino acids?
What is the stereochemistry of amino acids?
What is the nomenclature of peptides?
What is the nomenclature of peptides?
What is the zwitterionic form of amino acids?
What is the zwitterionic form of amino acids?
Flashcards
What are amino acids?
What are amino acids?
The building blocks of proteins, with 20 different amino acids commonly found in proteins.
What defines an α-amino acid?
What defines an α-amino acid?
All amino acids found in proteins are α-amino acids, meaning they have a carboxyl group and an amino group bonded to the same carbon atom (the α-carbon).
What is the R group?
What is the R group?
The side chain attached to the α-carbon of an amino acid, varying in structure, influencing the properties of the amino acid.
How do R groups affect solubility?
How do R groups affect solubility?
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What are the main classifications of amino acids?
What are the main classifications of amino acids?
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What are the sub-classifications of amino acids based on R groups?
What are the sub-classifications of amino acids based on R groups?
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How do amino acids act as acids and bases?
How do amino acids act as acids and bases?
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What is the zwitterionic form?
What is the zwitterionic form?
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What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
What is the isoelectric point (pI)?
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How are peptide bonds formed?
How are peptide bonds formed?
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What are the characteristics of a peptide bond?
What are the characteristics of a peptide bond?
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What is a protein?
What is a protein?
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How does the amino acid sequence influence protein structure?
How does the amino acid sequence influence protein structure?
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What are acidic proteins?
What are acidic proteins?
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What are basic proteins?
What are basic proteins?
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Why are amino acids stereospecific?
Why are amino acids stereospecific?
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How is peptide nomenclature determined?
How is peptide nomenclature determined?
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Study Notes
Amino Acids and Proteins Lecture Summary
- Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, with 20 different commonly found in proteins, all α-amino acids.
- Amino acids have a similar structure, with a carboxyl group and an amino group covalently bound to a central carbon atom, with the side chain or R group also bonded to the central carbon.
- R groups vary in structure, size, and electric charge, influencing the solubility of amino acids in water.
- Amino acids can be classified into nonpolar, uncharged polar, and charged polar groups, and further classified into nonpolar aliphatic, aromatic, polar uncharged, positively charged, and negatively charged based on R groups.
- The acid-base properties of amino acids depend on the amino and carboxyl groups attached to the α-carbon, the functional groups represented by R, and the pH of the medium.
- At physiological pH values, amino acids are in their zwitterionic form, which can donate and accept protons.
- The isoelectric point (pI) is the pH at which an amino acid or protein has no overall net charge.
- Peptide bonds are formed by the condensation of two amino acids, with all atoms of the bond in the same plane and no rotation due to double bond characteristics.
- Proteins are polypeptides of 20 different amino acids, folded into a complex and highly specific three-dimensional structure determined by the sequence of amino acids, with the side chains of the amino acids contributing to the charge seen on the protein.
- Acidic proteins contain many negatively charged amino acids and have a low pI, while basic proteins contain many positively charged amino acids and have a high pI.
- Amino acids are stereospecific, with cells able to specifically synthesize the L isomers of amino acids due to asymmetric active sites of enzymes.
- The nomenclature of peptides is named beginning with the aminoterminal residue, placed at the left by convention.
Amino Acids and Proteins Lecture Summary
- Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, with 20 different commonly found in proteins, all α-amino acids.
- Amino acids have a similar structure, with a carboxyl group and an amino group covalently bound to a central carbon atom, with the side chain or R group also bonded to the central carbon.
- R groups vary in structure, size, and electric charge, influencing the solubility of amino acids in water.
- Amino acids can be classified into nonpolar, uncharged polar, and charged polar groups, and further classified into nonpolar aliphatic, aromatic, polar uncharged, positively charged, and negatively charged based on R groups.
- The acid-base properties of amino acids depend on the amino and carboxyl groups attached to the α-carbon, the functional groups represented by R, and the pH of the medium.
- At physiological pH values, amino acids are in their zwitterionic form, which can donate and accept protons.
- The isoelectric point (pI) is the pH at which an amino acid or protein has no overall net charge.
- Peptide bonds are formed by the condensation of two amino acids, with all atoms of the bond in the same plane and no rotation due to double bond characteristics.
- Proteins are polypeptides of 20 different amino acids, folded into a complex and highly specific three-dimensional structure determined by the sequence of amino acids, with the side chains of the amino acids contributing to the charge seen on the protein.
- Acidic proteins contain many negatively charged amino acids and have a low pI, while basic proteins contain many positively charged amino acids and have a high pI.
- Amino acids are stereospecific, with cells able to specifically synthesize the L isomers of amino acids due to asymmetric active sites of enzymes.
- The nomenclature of peptides is named beginning with the aminoterminal residue, placed at the left by convention.
Amino Acids and Proteins Lecture Summary
- Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, with 20 different commonly found in proteins, all α-amino acids.
- Amino acids have a similar structure, with a carboxyl group and an amino group covalently bound to a central carbon atom, with the side chain or R group also bonded to the central carbon.
- R groups vary in structure, size, and electric charge, influencing the solubility of amino acids in water.
- Amino acids can be classified into nonpolar, uncharged polar, and charged polar groups, and further classified into nonpolar aliphatic, aromatic, polar uncharged, positively charged, and negatively charged based on R groups.
- The acid-base properties of amino acids depend on the amino and carboxyl groups attached to the α-carbon, the functional groups represented by R, and the pH of the medium.
- At physiological pH values, amino acids are in their zwitterionic form, which can donate and accept protons.
- The isoelectric point (pI) is the pH at which an amino acid or protein has no overall net charge.
- Peptide bonds are formed by the condensation of two amino acids, with all atoms of the bond in the same plane and no rotation due to double bond characteristics.
- Proteins are polypeptides of 20 different amino acids, folded into a complex and highly specific three-dimensional structure determined by the sequence of amino acids, with the side chains of the amino acids contributing to the charge seen on the protein.
- Acidic proteins contain many negatively charged amino acids and have a low pI, while basic proteins contain many positively charged amino acids and have a high pI.
- Amino acids are stereospecific, with cells able to specifically synthesize the L isomers of amino acids due to asymmetric active sites of enzymes.
- The nomenclature of peptides is named beginning with the aminoterminal residue, placed at the left by convention.
Amino Acids and Proteins Lecture Summary
- Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, with 20 different commonly found in proteins, all α-amino acids.
- Amino acids have a similar structure, with a carboxyl group and an amino group covalently bound to a central carbon atom, with the side chain or R group also bonded to the central carbon.
- R groups vary in structure, size, and electric charge, influencing the solubility of amino acids in water.
- Amino acids can be classified into nonpolar, uncharged polar, and charged polar groups, and further classified into nonpolar aliphatic, aromatic, polar uncharged, positively charged, and negatively charged based on R groups.
- The acid-base properties of amino acids depend on the amino and carboxyl groups attached to the α-carbon, the functional groups represented by R, and the pH of the medium.
- At physiological pH values, amino acids are in their zwitterionic form, which can donate and accept protons.
- The isoelectric point (pI) is the pH at which an amino acid or protein has no overall net charge.
- Peptide bonds are formed by the condensation of two amino acids, with all atoms of the bond in the same plane and no rotation due to double bond characteristics.
- Proteins are polypeptides of 20 different amino acids, folded into a complex and highly specific three-dimensional structure determined by the sequence of amino acids, with the side chains of the amino acids contributing to the charge seen on the protein.
- Acidic proteins contain many negatively charged amino acids and have a low pI, while basic proteins contain many positively charged amino acids and have a high pI.
- Amino acids are stereospecific, with cells able to specifically synthesize the L isomers of amino acids due to asymmetric active sites of enzymes.
- The nomenclature of peptides is named beginning with the aminoterminal residue, placed at the left by convention.
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