PPT-CH451 Biochemistry II Review of Amino Acids and Chirality

Chirality Chiral and Achiral Molecules A chiral molecule is one that is not superimposable with its mirror image Carbon becomes chiral when it has four different groups attached Image By . What are amino acids?. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.. In the body, they exist as zwitterions.. Zwitterions can behave as both an acid or a base.. Today we will:. Study . the acid-base properties of amino acids, . 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 . (Foundation Block). Dr. Ahmed Mujamammi. Dr. . Sumbul. . Fatma. Learning outcomes. What are the amino acids?. General structure.. Classification of amino acids.. Optical properties.. Amino acid configuration.. CHAPTER 3, Part 1 . Amino Acids and Peptides . To know the structure and naming of all 20 protein amino acids. To know the structure and properties of peptides and the particularly the structure of the peptide bond.. 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.. THE EXCRETION OF AMMONIUM IONS. A part of NH4+ that is formed in the degradation of amino acids is used for the biosynthesis of nitrogen compounds. In most of the land living vertebrates the excess NH4+ is converted in urea and in that form is excreted. In birds and reptiles it is converted into uric acid and in aquatic animals it is directly excreted as urea.. Debalina. . Mukhopadhyay. . . Containing carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen. . Building blocks of protein. . Contain Amino group (NH2+) , carboxyl . group . (COO-) , Alkyl group (R ) / H . . alpha carbon contains the functional groups.. (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.. 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. . 1. . Overview. The catabolism of the amino acids involves:. Removal of α-amino groups. . Breakdown of the resulting carbon skeletons.. The resulting compounds will be used to form seven intermediate products: . 6. 6.1 Differentiate . between essential amino acids and nonessential amino acids.. 6.2 List . the functions of protein in the body.. 6.3 List . the steps for protein digestion and absorption in the body. . Peptide bond formation. : . α-carboxyl group of one amino acid (with side chain R1) forms a covalent peptide bond with α-amino group of another amino acid . ( . with the side chain R2) by removal of a molecule of water. The result is : Dipeptide ( i.e. Two amino acids linked by one peptide bond). By the same way, the dipeptide can then forms a second peptide bond with a third amino acid (with side chain R3) to give . BSc 3. rd. year . AMINO ACIDS. C. lassification of amino acids . Classification according to nature of side chain. PREPARATION OF AMINO ACIDS. 1. Gabriel Phthalimide synthesis. 2. Strecker’s synthesis.