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The variable R group of each amino acid is attached to the carbon alpha to, or immediately adjacent to, the carbon bearing the carboxylic acid functionality.
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how many amino acids are there in one turn of alpha helix?
3.6 amino acid.
What characteristics of a molecule make it an amino acid?
Being both an amine and an acid, of course.Generally the term is used mainly for a specific type of amino acids... alpha-amino carboxylic acids. However, taurine is also called an amino acid, despite the fact that it's a sulfonic acid rather than a carboxylic acid.(alpha-amino means the amine group is attached to the first carbon after the carboxylic acid carbon itself. In taurine, the amine group is attached to the second carbon after the sulfonic acid group.)
Is ammino acid a organic acid?
Yes it is as it contains carbon and has a carboxylic acid group. The general formula for an alpha amino acid is H2N-CHR-COOH
What is amino acid formula?
NH2-CRH-COOH The central C is known as the 'alpha' carbon.
What are amino acids?
Amino acids are organic molecules that contain both a basic amino group and an acidic carboxyl group linked to an alpha carbon. The alpha-amino acids, in which the amino group is attached to the alpha carbon, are the building blocks of peptides and proteins. The amino acids are commonly classified either as a) neutral, basic, or acidic, or as b) nonpolar, polar and uncharged, or polar and charged; the presence or absence of a charge on the amino acids refers to that at pH 7.0
Which amino acid has no free alpha amino group?
Proline
Which amino acid has its alpha nitrogen in a ring?
Proline has an alpha nitrogen in a ring.
Amino acid structural formula?
H2NCHRCOOH is the structure of an alpha-animo acid.
how many amino acids are there in one turn of alpha helix?
3.6 amino acid.
What characteristics of a molecule make it an amino acid?
Being both an amine and an acid, of course.Generally the term is used mainly for a specific type of amino acids... alpha-amino carboxylic acids. However, taurine is also called an amino acid, despite the fact that it's a sulfonic acid rather than a carboxylic acid.(alpha-amino means the amine group is attached to the first carbon after the carboxylic acid carbon itself. In taurine, the amine group is attached to the second carbon after the sulfonic acid group.)
What is the IUPAC name for glycine?
Alpha amino ethanoic acid or 2-aminoethanoic acid
What Alpha amino acid is a diamino mono carboxylic acid?
Asparagine and glutamate
What is nonessinetial amino acids?
Nonessential amino acid is an amino acid which can be synthesized by an organism and thus need not be supplied in the diet.An alpha-amino acid that is required for protein synthesis and can be http://www.answers.com/topic/synthesize by humans
Why lysine and threonin do not undergo transamination?
L-lysine does not participate in transamination. It is the exception to the general rule that the first step in catabolism of an amino acid is the removal of its alpha- amino group by transamination to form the respective alpha-keto acid
1 molecule of alpha-amino acid reacts with how many molecules of ninhydrin?
Two.
If a food does not contain the necessary amounts of a certain amino acid to meet a body need that amino acid is called what?
limiting amino acid
What function groups make up an amino acid?
An amino acid consists of an amino group, a carboxyl group, a hydrogen group, and a side group (R group) all attached to a central (alpha) carbon.
