Quiz for:
High Yield MCAT: Amino Acids

Question 1

How many proteinogenic amino acids are encoded by human DNA?

Question 2

What is the physiological pH where amino acids are zwitterionic?

Question 3

In which configuration are all eukaryotic amino acids found?

Question 4

What does the 'genic' part of 'proteinogenic' mean?

Question 5

What distinguishes different amino acids from each other?

Question 6

Which characteristic is unique to the start codon?

Question 7

What is the three-letter abbreviation for Methionine?

Question 8

Which end of the amino acid contains the amino group?

Question 9

The translation of amino acids occurs in which direction?

Question 10

What element is present in the R group of Methionine?

Question 11

What is one diligent way to learn the structures of amino acids?

Question 12

Which end of the amino acid contains the carboxylic acid group?

Question 13

Which start codon codes for Methionine?

Question 14

Which carbon is referred to as the Cα carbon in an amino acid?

Question 15

What type of charge do zwitterionic amino acids have at physiological pH?