module 2 2026 Exam Questions
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amino group - ANSWER ✔✔Consists of hydorgen and nitrogen
atoms (-NH3+)
carboxyl group - ANSWER ✔✔A -COOH group, found in organic
acids.
R group - ANSWER ✔✔a functional group that defines a particular
amino acid that makes it a specific protein (20 amino acids) aka side
chain
, alpha carbon - ANSWER ✔✔the central carbon atom of each amino
acid
amino acid backbone - ANSWER ✔✔The structure comprised of the
amino group, carboxyl group with a central alpha carbon atom.
Hydrophobic - ANSWER ✔✔non polar, afraid of water
polar - ANSWER ✔✔Amino acid Molecule with partial charges. Mixes
with water.
charged - ANSWER ✔✔Amino acid has a positive or negative charge
Polypeptide - ANSWER ✔✔A single protein chain formed by amino
acids bonded together
peptide bond - ANSWER ✔✔The chemical bond that forms between
the carboxyl group of one amino acid and the amino group of another
amino acid by dehydration ( In which a water molecule is removed, C-N
bond)
Hydrolysis - ANSWER ✔✔Peptide bonds can be broken by this...A
chemical process that splits a molecule by adding water. ( this happened
frequently in the stomach when proteins begin to bee digested into their
amino acids)