Amino Acid 3 Letter Codes and Polarity

Question 1

Asp

Answer 1

Aspartic Acid
negative charge, polar

Question 2

Glu

Answer 2

Glutamic Acid
negative charge, polar

Question 3

Arg

Answer 3

Arginine
positive charge, polar

Question 4

Lys

Answer 4

Lysine
positive charge, polar

Question 5

His

Answer 5

Histidine
positive charge, polar

Question 6

Asn

Answer 6

Asparagine
uncharged polar

Question 7

Gln

Answer 7

Glutamine
uncharged polar

Question 8

Ser

Answer 8

Serine
uncharged polar

Question 9

Thr

Answer 9

Threonine
uncharged polar

Question 10

Tyr

Answer 10

Tyrosine
uncharged polar

Question 11

Ala

Answer 11

Alanine
nonpolar

Question 12

Gly

Answer 12

Glycine
nonpolar

Question 13

Val

Answer 13

Valine
nonpolar

Question 14

Leu

Answer 14

Leucine
nonpolar

Question 15

Ile

Answer 15

Isoleucine
nonpolar

Question 16

Pro

Answer 16

Proline
nonpolar

Question 17

Phe

Answer 17

Phenylalanine
nonpolar

Question 18

Met

Answer 18

Methionine
nonpolar

Question 19

Trp

Answer 19

Tryptophan
nonpolar

Question 20

Cys

Answer 20

Cysteine
nonpolar

Question 21

Are polar amino acids hydrophobic or hydrophilic?

Answer 21

Hydrophilic

Question 22

Are non-polar amino acids hydrophobic or hydrophilic?

Answer 22

Hydrophobic

Question 23

Which amino acids have hydroxyl groups that can be phosphorylated which causes them to become negatively charged?

Answer 23

Ser, Thr, and Tyr

Question 24

Which amino acid can create a disulfide bond with itself?

Answer 24

Cys

Question 25

What is special about Pro?

Answer 25

its R group connects to the amine group which restricts rotation around the alpha carbon-amine bond often appears in a turn of a beta sheet

Question 26

What is the start codon? Which amino acid does it code for?

Answer 26

AUG - codes for Methionine

Question 27

What are the 10 Nonpolar amino acids?

Answer 27

Glycine Alanine Valine Cysteine Proline Leucine Isoleucine Methionine Tryptophan Phenylalanine

Question 28

What are the 5 Uncharged Polar amino acids?

Answer 28

Serine Threonine Tyrosine Asparagine Glutamine

Question 29

What are the 3 + charged polar amino acids?

Answer 29

Histidine Lysine Arginine

Question 30

What are the 2 - charged polar amino acids?

Answer 30

Glutamic Acid Aspartic Acid