Protein Activity

I. Answer each of the following for the amino acid shown:

a. name, three-letter, and one-letter abbreviations

b. polar or nonpolar
c. has a neutral, acidic, or basic R group
d. interaction with water as hydrophobic or hydrophilic

a. name, three-letter, and one-letter abbreviations

b. polar or nonpolar
c. has a neutral, acidic, or basic R group
d. interaction with water as hydrophobic or hydrophilic

II. Draw on paper (and attach here), using Fischer projections, each amino acid as it
would appear at pH 7.
a. l-isoleucine
b. d-aspartic acid
c. l-tyrosine
d. d-phenylalanine
III. Draw on paper (and attach here) the structural form of the amino acid alanine that
predominates in solution at each of the following pH values.

a. pH = 6

b. pH = 10

c. pH = 2

IV. Draw the structures of the following proteins using PepDraw and attach your work
here.

a. glycine, phenylalanine, and threonine

b. lysine, alanine, and isoleucine

c. tyrosine, serine, and methionine

d. valine, threonine, proline, histidine

V. Identify the amino acid backbone in the polypeptide whose structure is shown here
by placing a circle around each amino acid and write the primary structure of this
polypeptide.

a.
b.

c.

d.
VI. Give the IUPAC name of the following proteins.

a.

b.

c.
 d.

VII. Explain why each of the following pairs are complementary proteins:

a. corn and peas

b. rice and soy

c. almonds and peanuts

VIII. Proteins perform so many important roles for many organisms. In higher organisms
like humans, one of the many important roles of proteins is the delivery of oxygen
throughout the body. List two important transport proteins and describe their
significance in the body.