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Amino acid review for quiz
review for MCB 1 2010
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Aspartic acid                  Glutamic acid

Definition

ASP                                                            GLU

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Acidic, polar, Negative charge, pKa ≈ 4.1

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Lysine                                                   Arginine

Definition

Lys                                                                   Arg

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Basic, polar, positive charge, pKa >10

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Histidine

Definition

His                                    

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Basic, polar, positive charge, pKa 6.0

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Serine                                              Threonine

Definition

Ser                                                Thr

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Neutral, polar

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        Asparagine                                  Glutamine            

Definition

Asn                                                  Gln

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Neutral, polar

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Cystine

Definition

Cys                                   

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slightly acidic, slightly polar pKa = 8.3

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Tryptophan       Phenylalanine         Tyrosine

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neutral, non-polar

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Leucine         Isoleucine            Valine

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Neutral, non-polar

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Proline

Definition

Pro                                     

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Neutral, non-polar when bonded

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Methionine

Definition

Met                                             

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Neutral, non-polar

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Alanine                                         Glycine

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Neutral, non-polar

Gly gives freedom in confirmation of backbone

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