Amino Acid Mnemonic

[Cris]

Hey all, hope studying is going well. I have this mnemonic which may/
may not help with remembering the amino acids. It's kinda long but it
groups the AAs into categories describing their properties. Some of
them work better than others.

Three Seas. (Threonine and Serine are like water with -OH groups)

Glue the negative Asp. (Aspartate and Glutamate are negative)

ok ok, this one is a stretch...
As in, Cute amine - asparagine and glutamine (cute-amine) - except the
side chains contain amides not amines

His Lyce Are positively gross. (His, Lys, and Arg are positive)

Tyrone Tryppped and Phel on a large, hydrophobic side chain
(Tyrosine, Tryptophan and Phenylalanine have large aromatic side
chains, Tyrosine also has an -OH group)

I Met Val, Al and Leu in Nevada (they are in the desert because they
cannot swim, Isoleucine, Methionine, Valine, Alanine and Leucine are
hydrophobic)

Glyding gly (Glycine glides because it only has a hydrogen as its R-
group)

Cysters hold hands outside (Cysteine forms disulfides in the oxidizing
environment outside the cell)

PrO forms a ring on the main chain (Proline)

Cris

[Junie Denis]

THANKS CRIS!!!!

[gonzal...@gmail.com]

Its cute. Thanks cris. :)

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[Marcel Castor]

If you know all the one letter abbreviations then this might help

CYN QTS (Seein' cuties)  are all polar amino acids

Cysetine, Tyrosine,Asparagine,   Glutamine, Threonine, Serine

KHR (Que Hora) All basic amino acids

Lysine, Histidine, Arginine

DE (de) All the acidic amino acids

Aspartic Acid, Glutamic Acid

And the rest are non polar

[Melissa Appio]

I'm really loving the mnemonics..keep up the good work :-)

Melissa

[Emmanuelle]

thanks guys!!

On Aug 28, 10:52 am, Melissa Appio <appi...@umdnj.edu> wrote:
> I'm really loving the mnemonics..keep up the good work :-)
>
> Melissa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Marcel Castor <casto...@gmail.com>
> Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010 12:45 am
> Subject: Re: Amino Acid Mnemonic
> To: njms-...@googlegroups.com
>
> > If you know all the one letter abbreviations then this might help>
> > CYN QTS (Seein' cuties)  are all polar amino acids> Cysetine, Tyrosine,Asparagine,   Glutamine, Threonine, Serine>  >
> > KHR (Que Hora) All basic amino acids> Lysine, Histidine, Arginine> >
> > DE (de) All the acidic amino acids> Aspartic Acid, Glutamic Acid> >
> > > And the rest are non polar
>

> > > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:40 PM,  <gonzaleze...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >     Its cute. Thanks cris. :)
> > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>

> -----------------------------------------------------------
> From:  Junie Denis <juniede...@gmail.com> > Sender:  njms-...@googlegroups.com > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:38:19 -0400> To: <njms-...@googlegroups.com>> ReplyTo:  njms-...@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Amino Acid Mnemonic> > > > >> THANKS CRIS!!!!

>
>  > On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Cris <cris.se...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Hey all, hope studying is going well. I have this mnemonic which may/
>
>
>
> > may not help with remembering the amino acids. It's kinda long but it
> >   groups the AAs into categories describing their properties. Some of
> > them work better than others.
>
> > Three Seas. (Threonine and Serine are like water with -OH groups)
>
> > Glue the negative Asp. (Aspartate and Glutamate are negative)
>
> > ok ok, this one is a stretch...
> > As in, Cute amine - asparagine and glutamine (cute-amine) - except the
> > side chains contain amides not amines
>
> > His Lyce Are positively gross. (His, Lys, and Arg are positive)
>
> > Tyrone Tryppped and Phel on a large, hydrophobic side chain
> > (Tyrosine, Tryptophan and Phenylalanine have large aromatic side
> > chains, Tyrosine also has an -OH group)
>
> > I Met Val, Al and Leu in Nevada (they are in the desert because they
> >   cannot swim, Isoleucine, Methionine, Valine, Alanine and Leucine are
> > hydrophobic)
>
> > Glyding gly (Glycine glides because it only has a hydrogen as its R-
> > group)
>
> > Cysters hold hands outside (Cysteine forms disulfides in the oxidizing
> >   environment outside the cell)
>
> > PrO forms a ring on the main chain (Proline)
>
> > Cris>
>

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[Bunmi Olaloye]

Thanks guys!!