BIOCHEMISTRY C785 (BIOCHEMISTRYC785)

1) What is the basic structure of an amino acid? List the 4 groups and describe what they look like. + alpha carbon ©, Amino group ( NH2 or NH3, Carbonyl group( cooh) and variance or side chain(R group) 2) How do you identify the 3 different types of side chains: non-polar/hydrophobic, polar, and charged? Non Polar:::: ( Hydrophobic)- water hating -Ch3 or C and H ( side) special case: Tryptophan is a hydrophobic nonpolar even tho is has a single N Polar:::: ( Hydrophilic): OH, NH, ( cen...

BIOCHEMISTRY C785 Note-Taking Guide.**Read This First** - This Note-Taking Guide is meant to be used as you go through each of the Units in Biochemistry. It is only effective when used with course materials, including all of the Essential Reading material in Campbell Biology (�), the course videos ( �) and podcasts (�), the Learning Check questions, and the Unit Quizzes. We highly recommend that you print out this guide and use it to make your own notes on the course by writing the vocabul...

BIOCHEMISTRY C785 Note-Taking Guide.**Read This First** - This Note-Taking Guide is meant to be used as you go through each of the Units in Biochemistry. It is only effective when used with course materials, including all of the Essential Reading material in Campbell Biology (�), the course videos ( �) and podcasts (�), the Learning Check questions, and the Unit Quizzes. We highly recommend that you print out this guide and use it to make your own notes on the course by writing the vocabul...