Amino Acids

Amino Acid

Code

Mnemonic

R-group/Structure

Alanine A Alanine hydrophobic, small
Arginine R Rginine basic
Asparagine N asparagiNe hydrophilic
Aspartate D asparDate acidic
Cysteine C Cysteine hydrophilic (S-S)
Glutamate E gluEtamate acidic
Glutamine Q Qlutamine hydrophilic
Glycine G Glycine hydrophobic, small
Histidine H Histidine basic
Isoleucine I Isoleucine hydrophobic
Leucine L Leucine hydrophobic
Lysine K LysinK basic
Methionine M Methionine hydrophobic
Phenylalanine F Fenylalanine hydrophobic
Proline P Proline hydrophilic (turns)
Serine S Serine hydrophilic
Threonine T Threonine hydrophilic
Tryptophan W tWyptophan hydrophobic
Tyrosine Y tYrosine hydrophobic
Valine V Valine hydrophobic
 

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