PPT-Chapter 4 Amino Acids Revised 2/

18 2014 Biochemistry I Dr Loren Williams Proteinogenic Amino Acids An amino acid contains an amine group a carboxylic acid group a sidechain or Rgroup all attached to the same chiral carbon atom the Cα. 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 . Codons. Prefixes, Suffixes and Vocabulary. Poly. = many. Peptide bond . =bond between two amino acids.. Anti. = against, opposite. Dehydration. = loss of water. Polypeptide. = long assembled string of amino acids.. 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.. 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. 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.. B.2. Properties of 2-amino acids . (B.2.2). Zwitterion. (dipolar) . amino acids contain both acidic and basic groups in the same molecule . therefore, are . amphoteric. in nature (capable of behaving as acids or bases). 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.. 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. ). 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.. Proteins. TextBook. : . HARPERS . REVIEW OF BIOCHEMISTRY. Anatomy of an amino acid. . -Amino acids. A. Example. (glycine). 2-aminoethanic acid. (alanine). 2-aminopropanoic acid. (aspartic acid). 2-aminobutane-1,4-dioic acid. u. sing paper chromatography. Kate Andrews. Lorraine Bruce. Unit 1 DNA and the Genome. 3 Control of gene expression. Separation and identification of amino acids using paper chromatography.. Cells and Proteins. 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 “.