Amino Acid Building Block Models© structure Connect the substitution of glutamic

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

Students can immediately intuit how one mutation

Connect bases to a continuous sugar-phosphate backbone

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Amino Acid Building Block Models© structure Connect the substitution of glutamicYour 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