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  • Question
  • When the amino acid alanine (R-group is CH3) is added to a solution with a pH of 7.3, alanine becomes


  • Options
  • A. a cation
  • B. nonpolar
  • C. a zwitterions
  • D. an isotope

  • Correct Answer
  • a zwitterions 


  • Structure and Properties of Amino Acids problems


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    • 1. Which of the following is not the hydrophobic and aromatic amino acid?

    • Options
    • A. Phenylalanine
    • B. Tyrosine
    • C. Tryptophan
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. D-Alanine and L-Alanine are technically known as

    • Options
    • A. anomers
    • B. enantiomers
    • C. epimers
    • D. polymer
    • Discuss
    • 3. Protein fluorescence arises primarily from which residue?

    • Options
    • A. Arginine
    • B. Tryptophan
    • C. Tyrosine
    • D. Phenylalanine
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is an essential amino acid?

    • Options
    • A. Tryptophan
    • B. Methionine
    • C. Lysine
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. The sequence of letters 'WYQN' will represent

    • Options
    • A. Tryptophan, tyrosine, glutamic acid, asparagine
    • B. Tryptophan, tyrosine, glutamine, asparagine
    • C. Tryptophan, glutamine, tryptophan, asparagine
    • D. Glutamine, tyrosine, tryptophan, aspartic acid
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following pairs of amino acids would carry a negative charge on their side chain at pH 8.0?

    • Options
    • A. Asparagine & Glutamine
    • B. Leucine & Glycine
    • C. Histidine & Lysine
    • D. Aspartate & Glutamate
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which amino acid when exposed to ninhydrin produces a brown color?

    • Options
    • A. Asparagine
    • B. Proline
    • C. Alanine
    • D. Valine
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which of the following amino acid is known as half-cystine residue?

    • Options
    • A. Cysteine
    • B. Isoleucine
    • C. Valine
    • D. Histidine
    • Discuss
    • 9. If the Standard Gibb's free energy, ?G°, for a reaction is positive then

    • Options
    • A. the products will be favored
    • B. the reactants will be favored
    • C. the concentration of the reactants and products will be equal
    • D. all of the reactant will be converted to product
    • Discuss
    • 10. Reactions that have positive standard free energy changes (?Go> 0) can be made to occur in cells by

    • Options
    • A. coupling them with exergonic reactions via a common intermediate
    • B. manipulating the concentrations of products and reactants such that G/<0
    • C. coupling them to the hydrolysis of ATP
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss


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