Atom Label | Description |
C | Main chain Carbon of amide/acid |
CA | Main chain α carbon |
N | Main chain nitrogen of amide/amine |
O | Main chain Oxygen of amide/acid |
H | Main chain hydrogen of amide |
HA | Main chain hydrogen of on the α carbon |
CB | β Carbon, first carbon of the sidechain |
HB? | Hydrogen on the β Carbon. '?' is a number 1,2 or 3 |
OG | Oxygen on the β Carbon. |
CG? | γ Carbon. - the '?' if present is a number 1 or 2 |
The results are shown. The H from the -OH group on C6 is now on the amino acid side chain. The phosphate group has been transferred to the alcohol carbon of glucose and ADP is the other product.
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Name | 3 Letter | 1 Letter | Arginine | ARG | R | |
unprotonated (base form - neutral) Protonated (acid form - positively charged) Dominant form at physiological pH |
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Drawn as if part of protein to emphasize the sidechain properties | The "Sidechain Polarity" button draws an an envelope around the sidechain that is colored by charge according to the scale above. | |||||
pKR in H2O= 12.5 | Free amino acid mass = 174 g/M | |||||
Probability of being found in a: | ||||||
α-Helix | β-Sheet | β-Turn | ||||
60% | 60% | 60% | ||||
Special Attributes | ||||||
The group at the end of the sidechain includes three N and 1 C is termed a "Guanidinium" group. With a pK of 12 this group is almost always in the protonated and ionized state. Notice how planar the goup is. In the demonstration below the Arginine is the last amino acid (106) in the protein shown. The charge on the sidechain means that is will frequently be exposed to water as it is in this demonstration. |
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Jmol: an open-source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D. http://www.jmol.org/ | ||||||