Amino Acids

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Which three letter symbol represents Alanine?
Ala
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Which three letter symbol represents Asparagine?
Asn
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Which three letter symbol represents Cysteine?
Cys
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Which three letter symbol represents Aspartic acid?
Asp
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Which three letter symbol represents Glutamic acid?
Glu
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Which three letter symbol represents Glutamine?
Gln
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Which three letter symbol represents Proline?
Pro
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Which three letter symbol represents Serine?
Ser
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Which three letter symbol represents Tyrosine?
Tyr
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Which three letter symbol represents Arginine?
Arg
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Which three letter symbol represents Histidine?
His
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Which three letter symbol represents Isoleucine?
Ile
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Which three letter symbol represents Lysine?
Lys
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Which three letter symbol represents Methionine?
Met
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Which three letter symbol represents Phenyalanine?
Phe
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Which three letter symbol represents Threonine?
Thr
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Which three letter symbol represents Tyrptophan?
Trp
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Which three letter symbol represents Valine ?
Val
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This one letter symbol represents which amino acid -N
Asparagine
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This one letter symbol represents which amino acid -K
Lysine
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This one letter symbol represents which amino acid -Q
Glutamine
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This one letter symbol represents which amino acid -Y
Tyrosine
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This one letter symbol represents which amino acid -E
Glutamic acid
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This one letter symbol represents which amino acid -D
Aspartic Acid
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This one letter symbol represents which amino acid -F
Phenylalanine
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This one letter symbol represents which amino acid -R
Arginine
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How many amino acids are there?
20
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What is the difference between essential and non-essential amino acids ?
Non-essential amino acids can be synthesised
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What is a codon?
A triplet of nucleotides that codes a specific amino acid
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How many bases are in 1 codon?
3
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Genetic code is...
Universal
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All amino acids have ..
An alpha carbon, acid group,base group and R group
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What is translation?
Synthesis of a protein from mRNA template
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What are the three stages of translation?
Initiation, Elongation,Termination
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When does translation begin?
When small unit of ribosome attaches of initiation site of mRNA
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Where does amino acid sequence form?
a-site
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Large section of ribosome binds to small section to...
form A-site and P-site
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What does stop codon do?
Triggers release factor to indicate end of translation
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Alpha carbon binds to ...
4 different groups
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What are the two types of enantiomer?
L and D
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Which enantiomer forms proteins in organism?
L
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how do you know whether the enantiomer is D or L?
D if the amine group is on the right of Alpha carbon
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What is the name of the bond formed between hydrogen and oxygen?
Hydrogen bond
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pH is ...
the measure of the amount of H+ in a solution
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A base is ...
a proton acceptor
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An acid is
a proton donor
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Water can be described as... because it can act as an acid and a base
amphoteric
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Strong acids..
completely dissociate in water
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Weak acids...
partially dissociate
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