Macromolecules-Polar, Hydrophyllic, Charged Amino Acids

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Aspartic Acid

-Asp/D

-negatively charged

-polar

-hydrophillic

-have carboxyl groups

-often involved in enzymes’ active sites

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Glutamic Acid

-Glu/E

-negatively charged

-polar

-hydrophillic

-have carboxyl groups

-often involved in enzymes’ active sites

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Lysine

-Lys/K

-Negatively charged-polar

-hydrophilic

-has a terminal primary amino group

-binds to negatively charged molecules frequently

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Arginine

-Arg/R

-Polar

-hydrophilic

-guanidinium group

-highly basic

- involved in protein binding.

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Histidine

-His/H

-Polar

-hydrophilic

-imidazole ring

-shuttles protons