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Lysine

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Glycine

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Alanine

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Valine

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Cysteine

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Proline

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Leucine

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Isoleucine

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Methionine

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Tryptophan

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Phenylalanine

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Arginine

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Histidine

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Serine

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Threonine

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Tyrosine

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Asparagine

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Glutamine

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Aspartic acid

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Glutamic acid

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Glycine

SC: Hydrogen atom

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Alanine

SC: Methyl group

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Valine

SC: Isopropyl group

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Cysteine

SC: -thiol group where S atom can form disulfide bonds with other cysteine residues

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Proline

SC: Pyrrolidine ring (side chain curls back and bonds with N atom itself, forming a ring structure)

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Leucine

SC: Isobutyl group

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Isoleucine

SC: Four-carbon aliphatic chain with a methyl group at c2

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Methionine

SC: S-methyl thioether

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Tryptophan

SC: Indole group (benzene ring fused to pyrrole ring with N atom)

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Phenylalanine

SC: Phenyl group

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Serine

SC: Hydroxyl group bonded to alpha carbon of the amino acid

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Threonine

SC: Hydroxyl group attached to beta carbon

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Asparagine

SC: Carboxamide group (this functional group consists of a carbonyl group bonded to an amine group)

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Glutamine

SC: Carbamoyl group (simple amide functional group)

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Lysine

SC: Four-carbon aliphatic chain ending with an amine group

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Arginine

SC: Guanidinium group (terminal end of the chain is capped with a guanidino group that contains 3 N atoms arranged in planar fashion

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Histidine

SC: Imidazole ring (5 membered aromatic ring)

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Aspartic acid

CH2COOH side chain where carboxylic group is attached to C2 of the side chain

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Glutamic acid (Glutamate)

Five-carbon chain with carboxylic group at the end

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Tyrosine

SC: Phenol group with a hydroxyl group attached to one of the carbon atoms in the ring

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