Which amino acid has the possibility of forming inter or intra polypeptide chain covalent bonds?

Q: Poly-A chain would produce what type of amino acid chain?: Is it Poly-Alanine, Poly-Arginine,…

A: Poly A tail is added to the mRNA molecule for enhancing the stability of the molecule during…

Q: What is wrong about calculating charge of a polypeptide based on the pKa of individual amino acids?…

A: The polypeptide chain is produced by the joining of amino acids together with the help of peptide…

Q: In what type of intra and intermolecular interactions does a valine within a protein backbone…

A: Valine is an α-amino acid containing an α-amino group, an α-carboxylic acid group, and a side chain…

Q: Which groups on amino acids react to form a peptide bond?

A: Amino acids are the polymers of proteins that consist of a carboxyl group, amino group, and R group…

Q: How could differences in glycosylation cause proteins to have the same amino acid sequence but have…

A: Glycosylation is described as a process in which with the help of an enzyme, a glycan is attached to…

Q: Which kinds of interactions can be seen in the tertiary structure of proteins?

A: The determination of biological function of a protein lies in its conformation or 3D structure.…

Q: Are polar side chains hydrophobic ?

A: There are more than 300 amino acids found in nature. However, only 20 of them are present in…

Q: ipathic lipid is the hydrophobic part

A: Answer Amphipathic means it has both hydrophobic (fat loving) as well as hydrophilic (water loving)…

Q: Which of the following amino acids is most likely to be found in a beta sheet? a   Nonpolar amino…

A: Amino acids are compounds containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. They serve as monomers…

Q: What atoms are present in a planar unit in a protein chain?

A: The building blocks of proteins are amino acids, which are small organic molecules that consist of…

Q: How to determine the backbone and residues of a protein polypeptide chain?

A: Each segment of a protein is the residue of an amino acid. Strong peptide bons joins the segments…

Q: What is the role played by the chemistry of the peptide bond in various level of organization of…

A: Proteins are the ultimate products of the genes. During translation mRNA (messenger ribonucleic…

Q: Which amino acids are found less commonly in proteins?

A: Proteins are the polymers of the amino acids which are formed by the joining of carboxly group of…

Q: Is it expected that a change in the primary, in the secondary or in the tertiary structure of a…

A: The primary level of protein structure determines the sequence of amino acids in the polypeptide…

Q: How does the structure of the peptide bond make thestructure of proteins relatively rigid?

A: Proteins are the sequences of amino acids which are linked by the formation of peptide bond in which…

Q: What chemical groups characterize a hydrophobic amino acid? A hydrophilic amino acid?

A: An amino acid is the building block of proteins.

Q: What is the amino acid that forms hydrogen bond/s with water?

A: The amino acids are comprised of two functional groups; an amino group and a carboxyl group. The…

Q: How do d-amino acids differ from lamino acids? What biological roles are played by peptides that…

A: An amino acid is an organic molecule that is made up of a basic amino group (-NH2), an acidic…

Q: What is the central carbon atom in an amino acid called?

A: Amino acids are the organic compounds that serve as monomers of protein.

Q: What type of interaction, if any, would you predict between the side groups of the following pairs…

A: Amino acids are structural units of proteins. Amino acids join together through peptide bond to form…

Q: Do the amine and the carboxyl groups attached to central carbons participate in the union between…

A: Amino acids are bonded together to form the long chains of polypeptides.

Q: Where is the amino acid located at position 368 (TYR) in relation to hydrophobic and hydrophilic…

A: Hydrophobic amino acids have aliphatic side chains, which are insoluble or only slightly soluble in…

Q: Which three classes of amino acids would you most likely find lining the surface of a globular…

A: The proteins are composed of twenty naturally occurring amino acids.  Amino acids can be classified…

Q: How many different dipeptides can be synthesized from 20 amino acids?

A: Amino acids are organic molecules that combine together to form proteins. Thus, amino acids are…

Q: What do you name the binding between two amino acids?

A: An organic molecule comprised of a carboxyl and an amino group is known as amino acids. When amino…

Q: Which two amino acids do you think are the least soluble in water?

A: 1-The solubility of amino acid in water and their insoluble nature in non-polar organic solvents…

Q: Are proteins with the same number of each different amino acid that form them necessarily identical…

A: Proteins are made up of a long chain of amino acids that are joined together by peptide bonds. They…

Q: What is the percent ionization of these amino acids? 1. Aspartame at pH 5.4 2. Glutamate at pH 11.8…

A: Since we are entitled to answer up to 3 sub-parts, we’ll answer the first 3 as you have not…

Q: Explain the secondary and tertiary structures of polypeptide chains ?

A: Proteins or polypeptide is sequence of amino acids that are joined by peptide linkage between the…

Q: What does the sequence of amino acids mean for the hydrophobicity and/or hydrophilicty of the…

A: Proteins are macromolecular compounds composed of amino acids. Twenty distinct amino acids are…

Q: Why are amino acid side chains so important?

A: Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins which consist of an amino group, a carboxyl group…