UCONN MCB 2000 -Amino acids Questions and Answers.

aspartate (Asp) - Answer this amino acid is negatively polar charged glutamate (Glu) - Answer this amino acid is negatively polar charged (COO-) lysine (Lys) - Answer this amino acid is positively polar charged amino (NH3+) is important arginine (Arg) - Answer this amino acid is positively polar charged and is basic amino acid. the guanidinium is important here (NH2-C-NH2+) group Histidine (His)q - Answer this is a basic positively polar charged molecule the group highlighted is the imidazole group Serine (Ser) - Answer this is a polar uncharged alcohol group threonine (Thr) - Answer this is a polar uncharged alcohol group tyrosine (Tyr) - Answer this is a polar uncharged alcohol group cysteine (Cys) - Answer this is a polar uncharged -SH group asparagine (Asn) - Answer this is a polar uncharged carboxamide group glutamine (Gln) - Answer this is a polar uncharged carboxamide group glycine (Gly) - Answer this is non polar aliphatic H group Alanine (Ala) - Answer this is a non polar aliphatic CH3 group Valine (Val) - Answer this is non polar aliphatic branched chain