Amino Acids

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

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

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

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

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

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? Glutamic acid Lysine Tryptophan 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 Aspartic acid and Lysine Arginine and Glutamine Proline and Glycine

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