The Amino Acids

Amino acids with electrically charged side chains

Positive (+ve)

-Arginine (Arg) R

-Histidine (His) H

-Lysine (Lys) K

Negative (-ve)

-Aspartic Acid (Asp) D

-Glutamic Acid (Glu) E

Amino acids with polar uncharged side chains

-Serine (Ser) S

-Threonine (Thr) T

-Asparganine (Asn) N

-Glutamine (Gln) Q

Special cases

-Cysteine (Cys) C

-Glycine (Gly) G

-Proline (Pro) P

Amino acids with hydrophobic side chains

-Alanine (Ala) A

-Valine (Val) V

-Isoleucine (Ile) I

-Leucine (Leu) L

-Methionine (Met) M

-Phenylalanine (Phe) F

-Tyrosine (Tye) Y

-Tryptophan (Trp) W