Properties of Amino Acids

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Glutamic acid, E

negative (acidic)

polar

hydrophilic

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aspartic acid, D

negative (acidic)

small

polar

hydrophilic

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proline, P

small

cyclic structure

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asparagine, N

small

polar

uncharged

amide group

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serine, S

tiny

polar

uncharged

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alanine, A

tiny

hydrophobic

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glycine, G

tiny

conditionally essential

hydrophobic

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cysteine, C

tiny

conditionally essential

hydrophobic

polar

sulfur atom

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threonine, T

beta carbon branching

small

essential

hydrophobic

polar

uncharged

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valine, V

beta carbon branching

aliphatic

small

essential

hydrophobic

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isoleucine, I

beta carbon branching

aliphatic

essential

hydrophobic

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leucine, L

aliphatic

essential

hydrophobic

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methionine

essential

hydrophobic

sulfur atom

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phenylalanine, F

aromatic

essential

hydrophobic

absorbs UV light

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tryptophan, W

aromatic

essential

hydrophobic

polar

absorbs UV light

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tyrosine, Y

aromatic

conditionally essential

hydrophobic

polar

absorbs UV light

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histidine, H

positive (basic)

aromatic

essential

hydrophilic

polar

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lysine, K

positive (basic)

essential

hydrophilic

polar

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arginine, R

positive (basic)

polar

hydrophilic

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glutamine, Q

polar

uncharged

amide group