B M B 401 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chief Operating Officer, Histidine, Aspartic Acid

• School: PSU
• Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Course: B M B 401
• Professor: Howell Paul

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Bmb 401 lecture 6 amino acid structures and properties. Contains: a primary amino acid group, a carboxylic acid group. Categorized based on the carbon atom attached to the amino group: amino acids, amino acids etc. 20 are polymerized into polypeptides (proteins: most common type in polypeptides are amino acids. Structure: r group side chain atoms, backbone atoms the carboxylic acid group, the alpha carbon, and the amino group. Polypeptides are small condensation products of amino acids. Proteins are larger products of amino acids, held together by peptide bonds: as monomers. The amino group is attached to the carbon atom alpha to the carboxylic functional group. The alpha carbon is a chiral center in all amino acids except glycine: alpha amino acids differ in the side chains (r groups) Subsequent carbons in the r group receive subsequent labels ( , , : vs. amino acids function examples. Glutamic acid (glu, e) - pkr = 4. 07.