Amino Acids

Non polar, (G, Gly) non essential

Glycine

Nonpolar, (A, Ala) non essential

Alanine

Nonpolar (val, v) essential

valine

non polar (leu, l) essential

leucine

Nonpolar, I, Ile essential

Isoleucine

non polar M, met essential

Methionine

Non-polar has a benzene group with CH2 attached (F, Phe) essential

Phenylalanine

Nonpolar has two benzene groups (W, Trp) essential

Tryptophan

Nonpolar aromatic group with CH2 (Pro, P) non essential

Proline

Polar (S, Ser) has an OH group and only one CH2 attached non essential

Serine

Polar (T, THR) has OH group with CH3 attached and CH2 essential

Theronine

Polar, (C, Cys) SH group non-essential

Cysteine

Polar, (Asn, N) double bonded O and NH2 group non-essential

Asparagine

Polar, (Q, Gln) double bonded OH group and two CH2 group non-essential

Glutamine

Polar, (Y, Try) Benzene ring with HO non-essential

tyrosine

Acidic net charge -1 (D, Asp) non essential

Aspartic Acid

Acidic, net charge -1 (Glu, G) non-essential

Glutamine

Basic, net charge +1 (Lys, K) Essential

Lysine

Basic, net charge +1 (Larg, R) Non-essential

Arginine

basic, net charge +1 essential (His, H)

Histidine