Amino acids

What are the building blocks of proteins?

• amino acid
• fatty acid
• nucleotide
• lipid

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What kinds of food can you get protein from in your diet?

• Eggs
• Meat and Fish
• Nuts and Legumes
• All of the above

When a protein unfolds, it is

• Denatured
• Building
• Adding amino acids
• Making food

What is a peptide bond?

• Bond that holds two amino acids together.
• A bond that holds hydrogen and oxygen molecules together.
• A bond that holds the phosphate group of one nucleotide and a sugar of a neighboring nucleotide.
• A bond that is formed by the sharing of electrons.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

What gives a protein its unique shape?

• the unique sequence of amino acids in its polypeptide chain
• the unique folding due to the sequence of amnio acids in the polypeptide chain
• hydrogen bonding & unique interactions between the 'R' groups
• all of these

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Amino acids all have the same general structure except for the:

• Amino Group
• Carboxyl Group
• 'R' Group
• Carbonyl Group