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Apr. 30th, 2008 11:13 amAs of this moment in time, I can name and draw you the structures of all 20 amino acids. I probably won't be able to after Tuesday, but I can right now.
We had to learn them for Orgo, and so our extra credit quiz today was to identify ten of them. And I aced it. Because I know them ALL.
Of course, the real question is when will I need this information later on in life? I'll have to be in a situation where:
1. I need to know the name for a structure or the structure for a name of a mystery amino acid, and
2. Be unable to look it up somewhere.
When is that ever going to happen? I mean, it's not inconceivable, but it seems unlikely.
Although, now that I know them, I'm tempted to make sure I always remember them. Just so I can show off. We'll see how that goes.
P.S. It was snowing when I came out of class this morning. On April 30th.
We had to learn them for Orgo, and so our extra credit quiz today was to identify ten of them. And I aced it. Because I know them ALL.
Of course, the real question is when will I need this information later on in life? I'll have to be in a situation where:
1. I need to know the name for a structure or the structure for a name of a mystery amino acid, and
2. Be unable to look it up somewhere.
When is that ever going to happen? I mean, it's not inconceivable, but it seems unlikely.
Although, now that I know them, I'm tempted to make sure I always remember them. Just so I can show off. We'll see how that goes.
P.S. It was snowing when I came out of class this morning. On April 30th.
