Monday, October 13, 2008

THIS IS A POEM TO REMEMBER AMINOACIDS..... CHECK IT OUT....

· Sung to the Beverly Hillbillies melody:
Come an' listen to my story about the a-mi-nosFive Al-i-phats kick off our showGlycine, Alanine, Valine and thenLeucineand Iso make up half of ten
Well the next thing you know are three aromatsphenylalanine(F) is right off the battYrosine has alcohol next to its ringAnd tryptophan(W) has indole double ring thing.
Sulfur in Cysteine; it loves to bondSulfur Methionine is much more a snobAlcoholic Serine, well wouldn't you know,And Threonine's OH gives a warm glow.
Acid-aspartic(D) and glutamic(E) are ionizedWith pK of 4, their protons are lysed,asparagine(N) and glutamine(Q) play a different role

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