ACBS 445 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are polymers of 10-12 amino acids? - Answer-proteins
What is a chain of < 12 amino acids? - Answer-peptide
What elements are proteins made up of? - Answer-C,H,O,N; sometimes S and P
What are the functions of proteins? - Answer-transport, structure, storage, contraction,
enzymes, hormones, receptors
What are the 10 essential amino acids? - Answer-Phenylalanine, Valine, Threonine,
Tryptophan, Isoleucine, Methionine, Histidine, Arginine, Lysine, Leucine
Do ruminants have any essential amino acids? - Answer-no, they digest bacteria from
their rumen to gain their amino acids
What is the extra essential amino acid that cats require? - Answer-taurine
What are the branched chain amino acids? - Answer-leucine, isoleucine, valine
What are the sulfur containing amino acids? - Answer-cystine and methionine
What are the acidic amino acids? - Answer-aspartate, glutamate
what are the basic amino acids? - Answer-lysine, arginine, histidine
what are the aromatic amino acids? - Answer-phenylalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine
what are the two nitrogen containing amino acids? - Answer-glutamine and asparagine
what is the amino acid sequence that makes up a protein? - Answer-primary structure
what is the geometric relationship of any two amino acids within a protein? - Answer-
secondary structure
What is the spacial relationship between secondary structures? - Answer-tertiary
structure
CORRECT ANSWERS
What are polymers of 10-12 amino acids? - Answer-proteins
What is a chain of < 12 amino acids? - Answer-peptide
What elements are proteins made up of? - Answer-C,H,O,N; sometimes S and P
What are the functions of proteins? - Answer-transport, structure, storage, contraction,
enzymes, hormones, receptors
What are the 10 essential amino acids? - Answer-Phenylalanine, Valine, Threonine,
Tryptophan, Isoleucine, Methionine, Histidine, Arginine, Lysine, Leucine
Do ruminants have any essential amino acids? - Answer-no, they digest bacteria from
their rumen to gain their amino acids
What is the extra essential amino acid that cats require? - Answer-taurine
What are the branched chain amino acids? - Answer-leucine, isoleucine, valine
What are the sulfur containing amino acids? - Answer-cystine and methionine
What are the acidic amino acids? - Answer-aspartate, glutamate
what are the basic amino acids? - Answer-lysine, arginine, histidine
what are the aromatic amino acids? - Answer-phenylalanine, tryptophan, tyrosine
what are the two nitrogen containing amino acids? - Answer-glutamine and asparagine
what is the amino acid sequence that makes up a protein? - Answer-primary structure
what is the geometric relationship of any two amino acids within a protein? - Answer-
secondary structure
What is the spacial relationship between secondary structures? - Answer-tertiary
structure