Amino Acid Characteristics

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nonpolar, aliphatic

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

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nonpolar, aromatic

Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Tryptophan

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polar, uncharged

Serine, Threonine, Cysteine, Asparagine, Glutamine

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positively charged (basic)

Lysine, Arginine, Histidine

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negatively charged (acidic)

Aspartate, Glutamate

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pKa of carboxylic acid group

~2.00

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pKa of amine group

~9.50

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Tyrosine pKr

10.07

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Cysteine pKr

8.18

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Lysine pKr

10.53

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Histidine pKr

6.00

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Arginine pKr

12.48

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Aspartate pKr

3.65

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Glutamate

4.25

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Gly

G

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Ala

A

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Pro

P

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Val

V

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Leu

L

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Ile

I

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Met

M

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Phe

F

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Tyr

Y

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Trp

W

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Ser

S

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Thr

T

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Cys

C

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Asn

N

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Gln

Q

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Lys

K

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His

H

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Arg

R

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Asp

D

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Glu

E

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nonpolar molecules are ___ and form ____

hydrophobic; hydrogen bonds

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polar molecules are

hydrophillic