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Structure of 20 amino acids
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Topic 3 - Metabolism Mind Map on Structure of 20 amino acids, created by kathrynmoar on 26/10/2013.
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Structure of 20 amino acids
Aliphatic hydrophobic side chains.
Glycine = H as a side chain
Alanine = methyl group
Valine = branched chain
Leucine = branched chain
Isoleucine = branched chain
Methionine = methyl group metabolism
Phenylalanine = aromatic side chain
Tyrosine = aromatic side chain with OH group
Tryptophan = indole group joined to methylene group
Hydrophillic amino acids
Acidic side chains
Aspartic and glutamic acids
Basic side chains
lysine and arginine strongly basic
histidine weakly basic
Amides of acidic amino acids
asparagine and glutamine
Hydroxylated amino acids
serine and threonine
Cysteine
can form S-S bonds and found at active centre of enzymes
Proline
imino group
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