Amino acids:
Backbone basics?â alpha carbon with attached aminogroup, carboxyl group, hydrogen, and variable R-group
Ionization state? â in water? Acidic solution? Basicsolution?
Chemical characteristics? â understand how side chainstructure relates to side-chain characteristics (i.e.non-polar/hydrophobic, polar, and charged side chains)
Amino acids:
Backbone basics?â alpha carbon with attached aminogroup, carboxyl group, hydrogen, and variable R-group
Ionization state? â in water? Acidic solution? Basicsolution?
Chemical characteristics? â understand how side chainstructure relates to side-chain characteristics (i.e.non-polar/hydrophobic, polar, and charged side chains)
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For each of the following sentences, fill in the blanks with the best word or phrase selected from the list below. Not all words or phrases will be used; each word or phrase should be used only once. Proteins are ______________ built from amino acids, which each have an amino group and a _____________ group attached to the central _______________. There are twenty possible _______________ that differ in structure and are generally referred to as âR.â In solutions of neutral pH, amino acids are _______________, carrying both a positive and negative charge. When a protein is made, amino acids are linked together through _______________, which are formed by condensation reactions between the carboxyl end of the last amino acid and the ___________________ end of the next amino acid to be added to the growing chain.
| a: amino | b: ionized | c: polypeptides |
| d: alpha-carbon | e: length | f: protein |
| g: carbon | h: noncovalent | i: R group |
| j: carboxyl | k: peptide bonds | l: side chains |
m: hydroxide
