Amino Acids Chemical Makeup

Lysine (C,C,C,C,NH3)

Backbone plus

CH2, CH2, CH2, CH2, NH3+

Arginine (C,C,C,NH) (C,H2N+ dbl, NH2)

CH2, CH2, CH2, NH, C H2N+ DBL, NH2

Aspartic Acid CH2, (C, O, O-)

CH2, C, DBL O (Left) O- (Right)

1 CH2, Carbox

Glutamic Acid CH2, CH2, (C, O, O-)

CH2, CH2, C, DBL O (Left) O- (Right)

2(CH2) Carbox

Serine (CH2, OH) (Uncharged Polar)

CH2, OH

Threonine (CH, OH, (CH3 on RIGHT CH)

(Uncharged Polar)

CH, OH, (CH3 on RIGHT)

Tyrosine (CH2, Phenyl, OH)

(Uncharged Polar)

CH2, PHENYL, OH

Alanine (CH3) (NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS)

(CH3) ONLY

Valine (CH, CH3 RIGHT AND LEFT) V

(NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS)

CH then CH3 LEFT AND RIGHT MAKES V SHAPE

Leucine (CH2, CH, CH3 LEFT RIGHT)

(NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS)

CH2, CH, CH3 LEFT RIGHT FORMS V

Isoleucine CH, CH3 Left CH2 down CH3 Right

(NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS)

CH, LEFT CH3, RIGHT CH2, DOWN CH3

Proline (CH2 Circle)

(NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS)

CH2 Ring

Methionine (C2, C2, S RIGHT CH3)

(NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS)

CH2, CH2, S, RIGHT CH3

Glycine (H ADDED)

(NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS)

H ADDED AFTER BACKBON

Cysteine (CH2, SH)

(NONPOLAR SIDE CHAINS)

CH2, SH