Amino Acids

  1. Positively charged (3)
    • Lysine
    • Histidine
    • Arginine
  2. Negatively charged (2)
    • Aspartic acid
    • Glutamic acid
  3. Polar (5)
    • Serine
    • Cysteine
    • Threonine
    • Aspargine
    • Glutamine
    • Santa Gave Three Children Asparagus
  4. Neutral aromatic (3)
    • Phenylalanine
    • Tryosine
    • Tryptophan
  5. Non-polar, aliphatic (7)
    • Glycine
    • Alanine
    • Valine
    • Leucine
    • Methionine
    • Isoleucine
    • Proline
    • Al, Val, Lucy, Isolucy are on Meth so they'll never be Pro's, they'll all be losers like Glycine.
  6. Alanine
  7. Arginine
  8. Aspargine
  9. Aspartic acid
  10. Cysteine
  11. Glutamic acid
  12. Glutamine
  13. Glycine
  14. Histidine
  15. Isoleucine
  16. Leucine
  17. Lysine
  18. Methionine
  19. Phenylalanine
  20. Proline
  21. Serine
  22. Threonine
  23. Tryptophan
  24. Tyrosine
  25. Valine
  26. Essential (10)
    • Phenylalanine
    • Valine
    • Tryptophan
    • Threonine
    • Isoleucine
    • Methionine
    • Histine
    • Argenine
    • Leucine
    • Lysine
    • PVT TIM HALL is not a Pro. He always Argues, he never Tyres.
  27. Drugs derived from Tyrosine
    • L-thyroxine (synthroid)
    • Dopamine -> Epinephrine -> Adrenergics (albuterols)
    • You get a nail in your Tyr, feel like a Dopa and get angry
  28. Drugs derived from Tryptophan
    • Serotonin -> Sumatriptan
    • Niacin
    • You eat turkey and feel good (seratonin) and get vitamins (niacin)
  29. Drugs from Glutamate
    GABA -> Gabapentin, Pregabalin
  30. Drugs from Histidine
    Histamine -> Cimetidine
Author
jaguavai
ID
103358
Card Set
Amino Acids
Description
Structures, classifications, essential, non-essential, semi-essential
Updated