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30 Cards in this Set
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AAs are/are not good physiological buffers. Why are/aren't they?
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Are not. No pK values near physiological pH.
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Which type of optical isomer is predominant in bodily amino acids?
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L-isomer
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Remember CORN law: If H towards you COO-, R, and NH3 are clockwise around
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What type of bonds do hydrophilic AAs have?
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=O, OH or NH (i.e. they can form H bonds with water)
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What type of bonds do acidic AAs have?
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COO-
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What type of bonds to basic AAs have?
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NH
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Acidic
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Acidic
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Basic
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Basic
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Basic
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Hydrophilic
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Hydrophilic
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Hydrophilic
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Hydrophilic
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Hydrophilic
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Hydrophilic
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Hydrophobic
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Hydrophobic
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Hydrophobic
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Hydrophobic
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Hydrophobic
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Hydrophobic
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Hydrophobic
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Hydrophobic
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Hydrophobic
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What are the two acidic amino acids? (GA)
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Glutamate and Aspartate
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What are the three basic amino acids? (LAH)
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Lysine, Arginine and Histidine
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What are the six hydrophilic amino acids? (CT-STAG)
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Cysteine, tyrosine, serine, threonine, asparagine, glutamine
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What are the nine hydrophobic amino acids? (TIM V GLAPP)
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Tryptophan, Isoleucine, Methionine, valine, glycine, leucine, alanine, proline, phenylalanine
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