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Amino Acids
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- 1amino acids consist of what?side chain R
Carboxylic acid
amino group at the alpha carbon - 2amino acids which are ionic/ polar are what? and where do they tend to be found on proteins?hydrophilic
outside - 3amino acids which are non polar are what? and where do they tend to be found on proteins?hydrophobic
interior - 4acidic or basic? AA with an R group containing NH2 are??basic
- 5acidic or basic? AA with an R group containing carboxyl group COOH are??Acidic
- 6in acidic solutions, AA exist as what?Cations
with 2 H+ available for dissasociation - 7in basic solutions, AA exist as what?ANION
2 proton accepting groups - 8the isoelectric point is what?when an amino acid is neutral
= (pKa1 + pKa2) / 2
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