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Nonpolar, non-aromatic

Valine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Alanine, Methionine, Glycine, Proline

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Aromatic

Phenylalanine, Tryptophan, Tyrosine (polar)

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Acidic (including pKas)

Aspartic acid 3.6, glutamic acid 4

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Basic including pKas

Arginine 12.5, lysine 10.5, histidine 6 (remember: not asparagine or glutamine as these are amide forms of aspartic acid and glutamic acid, and amides cannot be deprotonated)

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Polar, uncharged AAs

Serine, threonine, asparagine, glutamine, cystine (under oxidising conditions, forms disulfide. pKa 8, deprotonated)