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Amino acid review for quiz
review for MCB 1 2010
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08/13/2010
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Aspartic acid                  Glutamic acid

 Definition

ASP                                                            GLU

asp glu

Acidic, polar, Negative charge, pKa ≈ 4.1
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Lysine                                                   Arginine

 Definition

Lys                                                                   Arg

lys arg

Basic, polar, positive charge, pKa >10
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Histidine

 Definition

His                                    

his

Basic, polar, positive charge, pKa 6.0
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Serine                                              Threonine

 Definition

Ser                                                Thr

ser thr

 

Neutral, polar
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        Asparagine                                  Glutamine            

 Definition

Asn                                                  Gln

asp Gln

 

Neutral, polar
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Cystine

 Definition

Cys                                   

cys

 

slightly acidic, slightly polar pKa = 8.3
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Tryptophan       Phenylalanine         Tyrosine

 Definition

trp phe tyr

neutral, non-polar
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Leucine         Isoleucine            Valine

 Definition

leu ile val

Neutral, non-polar
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Proline

 Definition

Pro                                     

pro

 

Neutral, non-polar when bonded
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Methionine

 Definition

Met                                             

Met

Neutral, non-polar
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Alanine                                         Glycine

 Definition

ala gly

 

Neutral, non-polar

Gly gives freedom in confirmation of backbone