Amino Acids and Peptides
The 3D World of Amino Acids
- Stereoisomeric Structure Considerations - HERE / HERE
- Amino Acids of Proteins
- Non-Polar (hydrophobic) - Leucine, Proline, Alanine, Valine, Glycine, Methionine, Tryptophan, Phenylalanine, Isoleucine
- Polar (uncharged) - Serine, Asparagine, Glutamine, Threonine, Tyrosine, Cysteine
- Acidic - Aspartic Acid and Glutamic Acid
- Basic - Histidine, Lysine, Arginine
- Abbreviations - Table
- Unusual Amino Acids - HERE
- Amino acid derivatives (serotonin, dopamine and epinephrine)
Ionization
- Donating and Accepting Protons
- Ionizing/Titrating Simple Amino Acids -HERE, and HERE
- Ionizing amino acids with ionic R groups HERE
- pKa values - Table
Peptide Bonds
- Formation - HERE or Figure 3.8
- Polypeptide - HERE (Note N-terminus and C-terminus)
- Planar Structure - HERE
- Interesting Amino Acids and Peptides
- Histamine HERE
- Aspartame HERE
- Glutathione - HERE
- Oxytocin and Vasopressin - HERE
- Phenylketonuria - HERE
