Question
This amino acid is ____.
Answer
This amino acid is Glycine, GLY, G: Nonpolar Aliphatic.
Hydrophobic
The only amino acid that is not chiral
Proline either breaks or kinks a helix, both because it cannot donate an amide hydrogen bond (having noamide hydrogen), and also because its sidechain interferes sterically with the backbone of the preceding turn – inside a helix, this forces a bend of about 30° in the helix's axis.
Khan Academy Link Note: Though the following visual is helpful, it is misleading to label methionine under the 'polar, uncharged' category. Also do not condone the 'ass***' mnemonic.
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A ____ sense RNA strand is itself an mRNA and can be translated directly into DNA.
A positive sense RNA strand is itself an mRNA and can be translated ____ into DNA.
This amino acid is Glycine, GLY, G: Nonpolar Aliphatic.
This amino acid is ____.
This amino acid is Alanine, ALA, A: Nonpolar Aliphatic.
This amino acid is ____.