PPT-Amino Acids Lecture 4 Introduction

Amino acids play central roles both as building blocks of proteins and as intermediates in metabolism The 20 amino acids that are found within proteins convey a vast array of chemical versatility . C483 Spring 2013. Questions. 1. . Amino acids with non-. ionizable. side chains are zwitterions when they are ________.. A. ) in any solution . . D) in alkaline solutions only . B. ) at physiological pH, pH = 7.4 . Stryer. Short Course. Chapter . 3. Amino Acid Structure. Alpha carbon. Sidechain. Proteins. peptides. Stereochemisty. L-amino acids. Glycine. R/S . vs. D/L. L-isoleucine. racemization. Ionization of Amino Acids. When an amino acid with positive and negative charges is overall neutral in charge, it is said to be at its . isoelectric point (. pI. ). .. . Ball-and-stick model of glycine at its . pI. of 6.0.. (Foundation Block). Learning outcomes. What are the amino acids?. General structure.. Classification of amino acids.. Optical properties.. Amino acid configuration.. Non-standard amino acids.. Derivatives of amino acids.. Subunits (building blocks) of peptides and proteins. Neurotransmitters. Metabolic intermediates. glutamate. γ. -. aminobutyric. acid. (GABA). Proteins are synthesized from 20 ‘standard’ . α. -amino acids. Their names have 3- and 1-letter abbreviations.. 18. /2014. Biochemistry I. Dr. Loren Williams. Proteinogenic Amino Acids. An amino acid contains . an amine group . a carboxylic acid group, . a side-chain (or R-group,. all attached to the same chiral carbon atom (the Cα). DR AMINA . BIOCHEMISTRY. All tissues have some capability for synthesis of:. The non-essential amino acids,. Amino acid remodeling, . and Conversion of non-amino acid carbon skeletons into amino acids and other derivatives that contain nitrogen. . amine group. Draw. a carboxylic acid group. Join. them together to form a molecule with an amine and . a carboxylic acid . group. Amino Acids. Building blocks of proteins. Two functional groups: a carboxylic acid and a primary amine. UNIT IV:. Nitrogen Metabolism. Part 2. Most of the nitrogen in the diet is consumed in the form of protein, typically amounting to 70–100 g/day in the American diet . Proteins are generally too large to be absorbed by the intestine. . ). Dr. . Sumbul. . Fatma. Learning outcomes. What are the amino acids?. General structure.. Classification of amino acids.. Optical properties.. Amino acid configuration.. Non-standard amino acids.. Amino Acids. Amino acid play A central role as building block of proteins.. Amino acids also converted to specialized products.. More than 300 different amino acids have been described in nature, only 20 are commonly found in mammalian proteins... . are organic molecules that are the building block of . . proteins. .. -There is 20 . α. -amino acids commonly found in . proteins. . ( . they . have a carboxyl group and an amino group . . . backbone.  . atoms . (see aminoAcids1).  but a unique set of . side chain . atoms. It's the side chains that make the 20 amino acids different from each other. . 1. Use the three identical backbone pieces and three unique side chain pieces below to construct three amino acids in the space to the right.. imino. acid.” . Figure 5: Comparison of the secondary amino group found in proline with the primary amino group found in other amino acids such as alanine.. 2. Proline: . Proline differs from other amino acids in that its side chain and amino N form a rigid, five -member red ring structure (Figure 5). Proline, then, has a secondary (rather than a primary) amino group. It is frequently referred to as an “.