Classification of amino acids | Chemical processes | MCAT | Khan Academy

Amino acids can be classified according to their side chain's chemical properties (the R-group). This video will show you how! By Tracy Kovach. Created by Tracy Kim Kovach.
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  • @Owneyone
    @Owneyone6 жыл бұрын

    Explained this in a much easier way than my professor. Thank you!

  • @llDietryingll
    @llDietryingll7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, very big help for my orgo 2 final exam

  • @nyawirawaithaka4993
    @nyawirawaithaka49935 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Very well summarized.

  • @LinhTruong-jk8zq
    @LinhTruong-jk8zq6 жыл бұрын

    Big thanks for you, you’ve made this aa stuffs be an easier one to acquire

  • @susannadsouza4484
    @susannadsouza44844 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for these lecs!!!!!!

  • @isaacsa8060
    @isaacsa806010 жыл бұрын

    Thank You!

  • @Eddiecole_
    @Eddiecole_4 жыл бұрын

    To help with the confusion involving the Aromatic Tyrosine and Tryptophan, as well as the Non-Aromatic Methionine; let it be considered that all three are Amphipathic amino acids. This means that they tend to have both polar and non-polar characteristics within their structures. Amphipathic amino acids are often found at the surface of proteins or lipid membranes, which is why they are sometimes classified as polar. However, even though Tyr and Trp have polar groups (-OH and the indol nitrogen), which can H-bond, these AAs are still hydrophobic due to their large hydrocarbon content. Methionine, on the other hand, tends to stay closer to the center of cells because it is mostly non-polar due to having the non-polar hydrocarbons, which is why most of the time you see that it is such. However, it is also weakly polar due to its thioether in the side chain, giving it amphipathic characteristics. *knowing the polarity properties of the groups "within" side chains will help you get a better understanding of amino acids overall characteristics.*

  • @tinotendamuungani6532
    @tinotendamuungani6532 Жыл бұрын

    powerful presentation ,you really explained it better and it's now easier for me to classify amino acids ..Thank you

  • @alimamstudying9462
    @alimamstudying94622 жыл бұрын

    This video saved me thank u so much❤❤

  • @linasing100
    @linasing1006 жыл бұрын

    Great video!!! helps alot

  • @kishankumargaur6540
    @kishankumargaur65403 жыл бұрын

    Voice with synchronisation to the written manner is a great idea.....

  • @jessjms1181
    @jessjms11817 жыл бұрын

    Your voice is articulate and easy to focus on

  • @Muhaymin22
    @Muhaymin222 жыл бұрын

    I love your voice that makes me feel good.

  • @boodobbyslowerrank8035
    @boodobbyslowerrank80355 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU!

  • @nerfguns1234
    @nerfguns12344 жыл бұрын

    The more I turned down my volume, the louder she got

  • @mishca5116

    @mishca5116

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is the vocal fry ...makes her voice so hard on my ears.

  • @hopeenvy

    @hopeenvy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same😪

  • @davidstevens9025

    @davidstevens9025

    3 жыл бұрын

    Are you wearing headphones?

  • @ShinySephiroth1
    @ShinySephiroth15 жыл бұрын

    Who else listens to a particular video over and over and over again until you get that light bulb moment on each category discussed?

  • @torlarsen2212

    @torlarsen2212

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same here man, science high five!

  • @manohad5
    @manohad57 жыл бұрын

    We learnt that there are 5 types of aminoacids Posetive Negative Polar nonPolar and Aromatic can one amino acid be in 2 groups ? because Serine according to you is Polar but it also have charge so not sure wheather i should put it as posetive\ or polar help please ?

  • @benjaminlee5976
    @benjaminlee59768 жыл бұрын

    Alcohol groups as side chains make amino acids polar.

  • @shalminpohtam0999

    @shalminpohtam0999

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yup..it forms h-bondig right with water...

  • @ancientmedia6315
    @ancientmedia63153 жыл бұрын

    keep it up wonder full lecture

  • @parislove5438
    @parislove54384 жыл бұрын

    Thank youuuuu 🤪

  • @user-nd2mb6fv6x
    @user-nd2mb6fv6x4 ай бұрын

    Well explained 🙏🏻☺️

  • @poojaramesh1133
    @poojaramesh11332 жыл бұрын

    Hii there ..shouldn't proline be classified under aromatic side chain group?? please tell me..

  • @itskhani1112
    @itskhani11123 жыл бұрын

    Thanks alot.....

  • @ewwxaca
    @ewwxaca5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @beawesome5090
    @beawesome50903 жыл бұрын

    Thanks 😊 🙏

  • @Ali_Haider3130
    @Ali_Haider31302 жыл бұрын

    thank you very much

  • @akingbolamoyosore6560
    @akingbolamoyosore65603 жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @neechiokwor
    @neechiokwor8 жыл бұрын

    Great video really helped me understand my text. NOTE: The -CH2 group is missing in the structure of Tyrosine. Thanks!

  • @girtonm

    @girtonm

    4 жыл бұрын

    Regarding the drawing of tyrosine, the CH2 group is there para to the hydroxyl; it is represented by an angle in the structure.

  • @ibi9636
    @ibi96366 жыл бұрын

    thankyouuuuu

  • @MolecularArts
    @MolecularArts10 жыл бұрын

    1:42 This is probably beyond the scope of this video, but the hydrophobic amino acids do interact with water through van der Waals forces. The hydrophobic effect is very complex and involves subtle entropic effects, for example, hydrophobic side-chains force surrounding water molecules to adopt entropically unfavorable "structured" (clathrate cage) configurations.

  • @plantbasednatural2548
    @plantbasednatural25486 жыл бұрын

    But methionine has a sulphur atom in the side chain so why is it non-polar if the neutral polar amino acids are that way because they have either an oxygen or a sulphur atom in the side chain?

  • @floydkazenene9585
    @floydkazenene958510 жыл бұрын

    wooooooooow! good lecture keep it high

  • @tariqahmad5781
    @tariqahmad57816 жыл бұрын

    The God has bestowed her with that particular voice and hence cannot be criticised

  • @sciencenerd7639
    @sciencenerd76392 жыл бұрын

    Very nice, but I would like to point out that tyrosine really is hydrophobic. This is because, even though it has a hydroxyl, the aromatic portion is so big and bulky that the amino acid is hydrophobic overall.

  • @MolecularArts
    @MolecularArts10 жыл бұрын

    4:36 Tyrosine is also aromatic.

  • @JacksonReynolds

    @JacksonReynolds

    8 жыл бұрын

    Correct, but I assume she left it out of the group of aromatics due to the polarity conferred to it by its hydroxyl group.

  • @rachellarson4777

    @rachellarson4777

    5 жыл бұрын

    I thought that since it had an OH group on the arene structure, it turns the arene and the OH into a phenol group, and phenol groups are defiantly polar.

  • @sagarkucha9160
    @sagarkucha91606 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @tijsdjoos8663
    @tijsdjoos86634 жыл бұрын

    I really love her voice

  • @tijsdjoos8663

    @tijsdjoos8663

    4 жыл бұрын

    quality of the video was ok

  • @thefenerbahcesk4156
    @thefenerbahcesk41565 жыл бұрын

    So hydrophillic will be on the surface of a protein and hydrophobic in the interior?

  • @iqrakhan4317

    @iqrakhan4317

    3 жыл бұрын

    Depends on the type of protein. If it is water soluble protein hydrophilic amino acids will be on the surface while hydrophobic amino acids will be in interior to maintain the protein structure. If it is membrane surface protein then hydrophobic amino acids will be on the surface and hydrophilic amino acids will be in the interior. So it depends upon the type of protein.

  • @anish6350
    @anish63504 жыл бұрын

    Your sound is aromatic

  • @nujoodalawwad1164
    @nujoodalawwad11647 жыл бұрын

    Actually I love her voice

  • @jordanhaynes1110
    @jordanhaynes11108 жыл бұрын

    so I have to Drink a protein sub because I have pku but in the ingredients it says like L-this and L-that any ideas what those are

  • @unamed5555

    @unamed5555

    8 жыл бұрын

    +jordan haynes its in reference to sterochemistry of the molecule itself. L-amino acids are the ones that we use in our body and most commonly found in nature. Someone with PKU should not have to worry about the L- prefixes.

  • @sirajuddin8773
    @sirajuddin87732 жыл бұрын

    I never fully attend the khan academy class becz of its methode plz you change ur methode of lecture regards

  • @matt.pma.kresnaputra5458
    @matt.pma.kresnaputra54585 жыл бұрын

    CAUTION: Tyrosine is NOT considered hydrophilic/polar... the AAMC considers tyrosine as a non-polar/hydrophobic aromatic amino acid

  • @cat5220
    @cat52204 жыл бұрын

    What about glycine?

  • @babygurll7
    @babygurll76 жыл бұрын

    But asparagine and glutamine also have nitrogens in their side chains. From how you explained remembering basic amino acids (by seeing there are nitrogens) shouldn't asparagine and glutamine also be basic ? You skipped over them in your neutral amino acid explanation saying those have oxygens or sulfur.

  • @umaranwar2293

    @umaranwar2293

    5 жыл бұрын

    The have nitrogen but to a side not in the straight linear chain that's why not counted. As well as tryptophan has nitrogen but not counted because the aromatic behaviour prevent it to make amino acid basic.

  • @xXSherviNXx
    @xXSherviNXx9 жыл бұрын

    Isn't Tyrosine aromatic?

  • @nathanstumpf

    @nathanstumpf

    9 жыл бұрын

    It is aromatic for sure, but also polar I guess?

  • @neechiokwor

    @neechiokwor

    8 жыл бұрын

    +nathan stumpf Yes that is due to the hydroxyl group it bears.

  • @sunnyyoda5511

    @sunnyyoda5511

    7 жыл бұрын

    Okwor Neechi yes Nathan is right, it has hydroxyl group making it polar

  • @AmyStylinson

    @AmyStylinson

    6 жыл бұрын

    Right? It's aromatic and it's important that it's classified under aromatic because those 3 contribute to fluorescence

  • @torlarsen2212
    @torlarsen22124 жыл бұрын

    Hey umm thank you so much for this!! You're voice is really cute by the way

  • @adelzekry684

    @adelzekry684

    3 жыл бұрын

    @I'M NOT sAD I'M JUsT TIRED lmao

  • @Roxxxycat
    @Roxxxycat6 жыл бұрын

    Why is it that in some places Cysteine is Nonpolar and in other places they say it's Polar? ughh which is it

  • @rebeccakane8854
    @rebeccakane88545 жыл бұрын

    0:59 video starts

  • @taniaahmed705
    @taniaahmed7054 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @pizzacheeseman2854
    @pizzacheeseman28548 ай бұрын

    I think cystine is hydrophobic?

  • @Aafiaeh
    @Aafiaeh2 ай бұрын

    my textbook teaches tyrosine as nonpolar aromatic

  • @josephsanjuan6235
    @josephsanjuan62353 жыл бұрын

    isn't histidine aromatic?

  • @GodlovesAmerica07
    @GodlovesAmerica079 жыл бұрын

    Methionine has sulfur in its side chain. Shouldn't it be polar? Pls clarify

  • @iiii7982

    @iiii7982

    8 жыл бұрын

    +GodlovesAmerica07 I simplify the real fact, but consider the S is central in methionine' side chain and does not move the electric barycentre.

  • @Awesiim

    @Awesiim

    Жыл бұрын

    The sulfur in methionine has methyl's on each side, so the dipoles cancel out. In Cysteine the sulfur only has one methyl and has a net dipole

  • @stavroskar9740
    @stavroskar97406 жыл бұрын

    I dont get how aminoacids with oxygen are acidic whereas those with nitrogen are basic, since both elements are electronegative.

  • @michaelmorgan-ellcessor5221

    @michaelmorgan-ellcessor5221

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oxygen is more likely to give away protons in the form of a positively charged hydrogen making it more of an acid. Nitrogen however usually receives this proton making it basic. It is helpful to memorize that acids tend to give away protons while bases like to receive them. I hope this helped.

  • @liamjacques1910
    @liamjacques19105 жыл бұрын

    Good video, but the explanations and groupings aren't entirely correct.

  • @ecwgct
    @ecwgct6 жыл бұрын

    What is alkyl? Does it mean alkaline?

  • @Rohit_Kumar186

    @Rohit_Kumar186

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alkaline means basic in nature while alkyl is formed when one H is removed from an alkane, Like -CH3 is alkyl group( 1 H has been removed from methane i.e CH4) and is called methyl. And that is how you proceeed to other alkanes

  • @Dan1418
    @Dan141810 жыл бұрын

    I love your voice.

  • @David-Eng
    @David-Eng7 жыл бұрын

    I think she's got a pretty voice.👌🏼

  • @MolecularArts
    @MolecularArts10 жыл бұрын

    3:00 Glycine is not normally counted among the hydrophobic amino acids. The side-chain is so small (-H) that the properties of the amino and carboxylic acid groups dominate. Pure glycine is highly soluble in water.

  • @mygoldentruth

    @mygoldentruth

    9 жыл бұрын

    You're right, at least in near neutral pH (as plasma, or any pH around 3-9) it has both groups charged, thus polar! Nice annotation.

  • @jedbom5646
    @jedbom56468 жыл бұрын

    Isn't Glycine hydrophilic and cysteine hydrophobic

  • @jsowels19

    @jsowels19

    8 жыл бұрын

    +j edbom looked it up and no glycine is non polar and hydrophobic cysteine is neutral and hydrophilic

  • @Jerseygirltrader24
    @Jerseygirltrader246 жыл бұрын

    IMHO, the way she explains the basic aa is not very accurate. Trp has N on the side chain, but it’s non polar. Gln has N on the side chain, but it makes an amide, so it’s polar neutral.

  • @whatever1617
    @whatever161710 жыл бұрын

    cysteine and tyrone are hydrophobic

  • @mygoldentruth

    @mygoldentruth

    9 жыл бұрын

    Lehninger refers to cysteine as polar, thus hydrophilic. But yes, tyrosine is actually nonpolar as far as I know.

  • @ramil8029
    @ramil80294 жыл бұрын

    People are talking so much trash in the comments, it's ridiculous. With this attitude, I really have no idea why you're watching MCAT prep courses.

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    @RewanMho-zg8zw2 ай бұрын

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  • @Karbonics123
    @Karbonics1236 жыл бұрын

    i nutted amino acids

  • @MolecularArts
    @MolecularArts10 жыл бұрын

    1:05 There are 21 proteinogenic amino acids in most organisms! The 21st is selenocysteine.

  • @sshirish9167
    @sshirish91676 жыл бұрын

    Nice video......Good explanation :-) :-)........And guys, her voice is perfectly normal

  • @AshleyxScreamx
    @AshleyxScreamx7 жыл бұрын

    I don't understand this lol I'm gonna fail :(

  • @ramyemad6325

    @ramyemad6325

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ashley. Feel you got an exam the day after tomorrow :'(

  • @emmarichard1709

    @emmarichard1709

    5 жыл бұрын

    Did you?

  • @emmarichard1709

    @emmarichard1709

    4 жыл бұрын

    John Wayne I passed actually lol this was so long ago wow

  • @ChompNom
    @ChompNom6 жыл бұрын

    i really like the handwriting

  • @Tosolo-dh2co
    @Tosolo-dh2co2 жыл бұрын

    Appriciate the work, but this video has a lot of small damning mistakes which makes it counterproductive and leads to us students having to spend a lot of time looking things up.

  • @jlg7561
    @jlg75616 жыл бұрын

    I was expecting to hear Sal :[

  • @ZucchiZ
    @ZucchiZ2 жыл бұрын

    This is how to classify amino acids. Lol I can't memorize the actual 20 Amino acids

  • @TrojansOwl1
    @TrojansOwl17 жыл бұрын

    Haterz 😂

  • @chainzss
    @chainzss5 жыл бұрын

    she sound cute af

  • @redwithstyle
    @redwithstyle6 жыл бұрын

    This video has an error. The amino acids that are basic are basic because the side chain Nitrogens have a lone pair that they can DONATE. It’s not willing to accept electrons and if it were it would be acidic.

  • @bamnitro6658
    @bamnitro66586 жыл бұрын

    I love your voice but you say "and" wayyyyy toooooo muchhhh

  • @tumnekahakaise221
    @tumnekahakaise2215 жыл бұрын

    She just didnt explain it right

  • @MyB.S._channel
    @MyB.S._channel11 ай бұрын

    'The wife' told me to get ride of my " side piece." I told her I would replace it with my own individual "side chain "

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    @raynenaomi60103 жыл бұрын

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  • @SarangShoro911
    @SarangShoro9114 жыл бұрын

    Erotic voice, damn I ain't gonna listen to this in the library

  • @yoshimaster9632
    @yoshimaster96324 жыл бұрын

    Why does everyone teaching sound depressing af

  • @arohe4705
    @arohe47058 жыл бұрын

    ur voice is bothering , I couldn't complete the video please try to change its tone

  • @sarahjanecleary1801

    @sarahjanecleary1801

    8 жыл бұрын

    +danya aziz You cant change a teachers voice...

  • @arohe4705

    @arohe4705

    8 жыл бұрын

    she should try ,

  • @AlbertoAlencar

    @AlbertoAlencar

    7 жыл бұрын

    hate her voice

  • @ouss991

    @ouss991

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think you should be thankful for the free education and shut the fuck up you ungrateful fucks.

  • @5Youssif

    @5Youssif

    7 жыл бұрын

    love the response ha

  • @DrMurphy2273
    @DrMurphy22736 жыл бұрын

    Very fast and poor teaching