Biochemistry Flashcards

7444765536	Glycine	Gly, G- found in "loop" regions of proteins, achiral, helix breaker	0
7444791453	Alanine	Ala, A-nonpolar	1
7444806821	Arginine	Arg,R-Polar,basic	2
7444820708	Asparagine	Asn,N-Polar	3
7444835493	Aspartic Acid	Asp,D-Polar,acidic,Hydrophilic	4
7444862652	Cysteine	Cys,C-Polar, Sulphur-containing	5
7444877256	Glutamic Acid	Glu,E-Polar,acidic,Hydrophilic	6
7444883703	Glutamine	Gln,Q-Polar	7
7444895125	Histidine	His,H-Polar, Basic,Hydrophilic	8
7444906125	Isoleucine	Ile,I-Nonpolar,Hydrophobic	9
7444909398	Methionine	Met,M-Nonpolar,Hydrophobic,Sulphur-containing	10
7444919388	Proline	Pro,P-Nonpolar,Induces kinks in protein structure; often found in turns and loops The only amino acid that has a cyclic structure involving the backbone	11
7444942762	Valine	Val,V-Nonpolar,Hydrophobic	12
7444957314	Leucine	Leu,L-Nonpolar,Hydrophobic	13
7444963528	Phenylalanine	Phe,F-Nonpolar,Hydrophobic,Aromatic	14
7444990761	Serine	Ser,S-Polar,Hydrophilic, can be phosphorylated	15
7445004086	Threonine	Thr, T-Polar,canbe phosphorylated	16
7445020951	Tyrosine	Tyr, Y-Aromatic,can be phosphorylated,Polar, Acidic phenol group	17
7445062056	Lysine	Lys,K-Polar,Basic,Hydrophilic	18
7445079745	Tryptophan	Trp,W-Aromatic,Nonpolar,Biggest,Hydrophobic,	19