101: The Chemical Components of Cells: Proteins

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What are the monomers that all proteins are made from?
Amino acid
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What are the four groups that make up an amino acid?
A carboxyl group, amino group, hydrogen atom, and R group
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How many amino acids are there?
20
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What is a peptide bond?
The condensation reaction that bonds the amino and carboxyl groups of two amino acids
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What are the C-terminus and N-terminus?
The free carboxyl and amino groups on the ends of a polypeptide
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What are the four groups that make up an amino acid?

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A carboxyl group, amino group, hydrogen atom, and R group

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How many amino acids are there?

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What is a peptide bond?

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What are the C-terminus and N-terminus?

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