yana-notes

Amino Acid

links: reference: 4-24-2021

Amino Acids #

Follows the following structure:

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino_acid_synthesis?useskin=vector
    • Ankifying this is easier said than done, god damn
    • Most AAs are synthesized by α-Keto Acids transamintated by other amino acids. Notably pyruvic acid, oxaloacetic acid, and α-ketoglutarate.
      • Notably: glutamate, glutamine, proline, arginine.
    • Then there’s the oxaloacetate/aspartate family, which also includes lysine, asparagine, methionine, threonine, isoleucine.

Proteinogenic amino acids #

These are the main 20 proteinogenic amino acids in ionic form (not shown is selenocysteine (U))