Amino Acids Basics

peptide bonded backbone
1. same in all amino acids
2. hydrophilic
  1. water loving
R groups
1. side chains (variants)
2. make each amino acid unique
3. important in protein folding
  1. possitively charged bond with negative
  2. negatively charged bond with positive
Held together by peptide bonds
1. n-terminus
  1. first part formed at beginning
2. c-terminus
  1. last formed at end
3. covalent
  1. share electrons
chemistry terms
1. nonpolar
  1. hydrophobic inside
    1. phospholipid inside
2. polar
  1. hydrophilic outside
    1. phospholipid outside
3. covalent bonds
  1. polar
    1. O-H, N-H, N-C, O-C
  2. nonpolar
    1. C-C, C-H

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