Amino Acid Structure

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

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Arginine Chemical Structure (Arg, R)

Positively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

<p>Positively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic</p>
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Histidine Chemical Structure (His, H)

Positively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

<p>Positively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic</p>
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Lysine Chemical Structure (Lysine, K)

Positively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

<p>Positively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic</p>
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Aspartic Acid Chemical Structure (Asp, D)

Negatively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

<p>Negatively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic</p>
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Glutamic Acid Chemical Structure (Glu, E)

Negatively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic

<p>Negatively charged side chain, polar, hydrophilic</p>
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Serine Chemical Structure (Ser, S)

Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic

<p>Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic</p>
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Threonine Chemical Structure (Thr, T)

Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic

<p>Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic</p>
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Asparagine Chemical Structure (Asn, N)

Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic

<p>Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic</p>
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Glutamine Chemical Structure (Gln, Q)

Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic

<p>Polar uncharged side chain, hydrophilic</p>
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Cysteine Chemical Structure (Cysteine, C)

polar, hydrophilic, uncharged

<p>polar, hydrophilic, uncharged</p>
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Selonocysteine Chemical Structure

Special Case

<p>Special Case</p>
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Glycine Chemical Structure ( Gly, G)

non polar hydrophobic

<p>non polar hydrophobic</p>
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Proline Chemical Structure (Pro, P)

non polar hydrophobic

<p>non polar hydrophobic</p>
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Alanine (Ala, A)

non polar hydrophobic

<p>non polar hydrophobic</p>
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Isoleucine (Ile, I)

non polar hydrophobic

<p>non polar hydrophobic</p>
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Leucine (Leu, L)

non polar hydrophobic

<p>non polar hydrophobic</p>
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Methionine (Met, M)

non polar hydrophobic

<p>non polar hydrophobic</p>
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Phenylalanine (Phe, F)

non polar hydrophobic AROMATIC

<p>non polar hydrophobic AROMATIC </p>
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Tryptophan (Trp, W)

non polar hydrophobic AROMATIC

<p>non polar hydrophobic AROMATIC </p>
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Tyrosine (Tyr, Y)

polar hydrophilic AROMATIC

<p>polar hydrophilic AROMATIC</p>
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Valine (Val, V)

non polar hydrophobic

<p>non polar hydrophobic</p>