Question

In a normal cellular protein, where would you expect to find a hydrophilic amino acid such as asparagine

Answer 1

Proteins are made up of amino acids, and you will have to look at the different amino acids and determine which ones will be hydophobic and which ones will by hydrophilic. Hydrophilic means it likes water, which means it will have polar group(s) attached to it. 

For instance, if you look at the structure of arginine, you will see a polar area, meaning water attraction will be favored. The same for threonine. But look at valine, and there is no polar area. And the same for phenylalanine.