L11 Biopolymers

3 major types of biopolymer

Chiral monomers of biopolymers

Biopolymer prefixes to describe length

Condensation reactions to form biopolymers

The necessity of (very) high yields for biopolymer synthesis

Requirements for biopolymer synthesis

Solid phase peptide synthesis

Resin beads

Purification and characterisation of biopolymers

Properties of the 20 amino acids

Naming peptides - which direction do you go

Naming peptides - labelling termini and charge

Peptide bond typical orientation (and 2 amino acid exceptions)

Mostly trans

But glycine has low steric hindrance on the R group and proline has a relatively unstable trans conformation