Amino Acid Structure

Amino Acid chemical structure for MCAT as well as functions and properties

Arginine Chemical Structure (Arg, R)

Positively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

Histidine Chemical Structure (His, H)

Positively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

Lysine Chemical Structure (Lysine, K)

Positively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

Aspartic Acid Chemical Structure (Asp, D)

Negatively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

Glutamic Acid Chemical Structure (Glu, E)

Negatively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

Serine Chemical Structure (Ser, S)

Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic

Threonine Chemical Structure (Thr, T)

Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic

Asparagine Chemical Structure (Asn, N)

Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic

Glutamine Chemical Structure (Gln, Q)

Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic

Cysteine Chemical Structure (Cysteine, C)

polar, hydrophilic, uncharged

Selonocysteine Chemical Structure

Special Case

Glycine Chemical Structure ( Gly, G)

non polar hydrophobic

Proline Chemical Structure (Pro, P)

non polar hydrophobic

Alanine (Ala, A)

non polar hydrophobic

Isoleucine (Ile, I)

non polar hydrophobic

Leucine (Leu, L)

non polar hydrophobic

Methionine (Met, M)

non polar hydrophobic

Phenylalanine (Phe, F)

non polar hydrophobic AROMATIC

Tryptophan (Trp, W)

non polar hydrophobic AROMATIC

Tyrosine (Tyr, Y)

polar hydrophilic AROMATIC

Valine (Val, V)

non polar hydrophobic