Amino Acid Building Block Models© structure Identify the spike proteins

Identify the spike proteins

Explore how enzymes interact with substrates

Connect the substitution of glutamic acid with valine in causing sickle cell anemia

This elegant structure differs greatly from the cloverleaf structure commonly shown online or in textbooks

Amino Acid Building Block Models© structure Identify the spike proteinsYour students will thank you as dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis finally make sense! Students will build two amino acids as they: Discover the repeating structure of amino acid backbones Create covalent bonds between carbon, hydrogen, carbon, and nitrogen atoms Explore the CPK color scheme and how bonds and side chains are represented in models Once you invite them to create peptide bonds, partners make dipeptides that can join other dipeptides