Amino Acids

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Which of the following amino acids is the smallest of all amino acids? Alanine Glycine Valine Serine

2. Which of the following amino acids can form a special covalent bond called a disulfide bond? Methionine Cysteine Lysine Tyrosine

3. Which of the following amino acids is actually an imino acid? Alanine Proline Tryptophan Glutamic acid

4. Which of the following amino acids is the largest of all the amino acids? Tyrosine Glutamic acid Histidine Tryptophan

5. Which of the following amino acids is NOT positively charged? Histidine Lysine Aspartic acid Arginine

6. The three letter abbreviation "asn" corresponds to which amino acid? Alanine Aspartic acid Asparagine Arginine

7. Of amino acids abbreviated "Lys", "Glu", "Trp", and "Gln", which is a basic amino acid with a positive charge? Lysine Tryptophan Glutamic acid Glutamine

8. Which of the following amino acids' side chains is a single methyl group? Isoleucine Valine Alanine Leucine

9. Which two of the following amino acids could form a ionic bond? Glutamic acid and Valine Proline and Glycine Arginine and Glutamine Aspartic acid and Lysine

10. Which of the following amino acid(s) are polar? Serine Arginine Tyrosine All of these