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Carboxyl group Amino group R group (polar) Zwitter ion Amphoteric ( act either as an acid or base) |
Amino acid |
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Responsible for the naming of the amino acid |
R group |
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Property of all amino acid, when at a physiological state of 7ph Doubly charged species |
Zwitter ion |
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Basic amino acids |
Histidine , histamine Arginine, nitric oxide Lysine, |
Shallow hal Basic hal |
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Acidic amino acid |
Aspartate , artificial sweeteners Glutamate, most abundant excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain |
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Branched chain amino acid |
Leucine Isoleucine Valine |
Branched out to other so that they may LIV |
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Only purely ketogenic Amino acid |
Leucine Lysine |
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Deficiency in the branched chain amino acid Urine smells like caramel |
Maple syrup urine disease |
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What are the Essential amino acids
Cannot be synthesized by the body Must be provided by diet |
Phenylalanine Valine Threonine Tryptophan Isoleucine Mathionine Histidine Arginine* Leucine Lysine |
Pvt tim hall Always argues Never tyrs |
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Non polar amino acids |
Glycine Alanine Proline |
Gap |
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Simplest amino acid
Smallest side chain of the r group Not optically active |
Glycine |
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Largest side chain |
Tryptophan |
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Hemoglobine synthesis |
Glycine + Succinyl CoA |
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Needed to activae glycine |
Vitamin b6 Pyridoxal phospahte
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Rate limiting enzyme for heme synthesis |
Ala synthase |
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Deficiency in niacin or tryptophan
Diet includes corn as mainstay Very low niacin Tryptophan in corn is unavailable for absorption
Diarrhea, dementia, dermatitis, death |
Pellagra |
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Precorsor of serotonin |
Tryptophan |
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Amino acid that can absorbe ultraviolet light
Aromatic ring |
Tryptophan Tyrosine Phenylalanine |
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Precursor of niacine (vit b3) |
Tryptophan 1mg niacin : 60mg tyrptophan |
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Dermatitis encircling the neck in pellagra |
Casal necklace |
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Sleep and migrane Neurotransmitter |
Serotonin |
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