What functional groups are found in proteins?
1 Answer
Aug 25, 2015
The one functional group that is found in all proteins is the amide group or peptide bond.
Explanation:
(from chemwiki.ucdavis.edu)
In addition, proteins may contain a wide range of functional groups in the sidechains of the amino acid residues:
- alcoholic
#"OH"# groups in serine and threonine - phenolic
#"OH"# groups in tyrosine #"SH"# groups in cysteine#"COO"# groups in aspartic and glutamic acids#"NH"_2# groups in lysine#"CONH""2# groups in asparagine and glutamine
(from amit1b.wordpress.com)
