Medicinal Chemistry 2
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- Amino acides are building blocks for what?
- hormones (i.e. insulin), proteins, enzymes (Cytochrom P450, CYP), receptors
- Chiral
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D -
L= (R) stereochemisty is naturally occurring form
D= (S) stereochemistry is rare in nature, but has been identified in bacteria cell walls - Amino acids with aliphatic side chains (6)
- Glycine, Alanine, Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Proline
- Amino acids with Hydroxyl and Sulfur containing (4)
- Serine, Threonine, Cysteine, Methionine
- Aromatic amino acids
- Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan
- basic amino acids
- Histidine, Lysine, Arginine
- acidic amino acids
- Aspartic acid, Glutamic Acid
- Amides
- Asparagine, Glutamine
- Binding proteins
- Serum Albumin, Enzymes, Receptors