Amino Acids

Question 1

non polar side chains

Answer 1

glycine, alanine, valanine, leucine, Isoleucine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Tryptophan, Proline

Question 2

polar side chains

Answer 2

serine, theronine, cystene, tyrocine, aspargine, glutamine

Question 3

charged (positive) = basic

Answer 3

lysine, Arginine, histidine

Question 4

Charged (negative) = acidic

Answer 4

aspartate, glutamate

Question 5

L or S

Answer 5

anticlockwise chiral rotation

Question 6

D or R

Answer 6

clockwise chiral rotation

Question 7

what does Pka tell you

Answer 7

the Ph at which the molecule is 50% deprotonated