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Nonpolar amino acids

H3N CH C O
H

Aromatic amino acids

H3N CH C O

H3N CH C O

CH3

H3N CH C O
CH2

CH
H3C
CH3
HC

glycine (G)

alanine (A)

valine (V)

O
C O
CH
H2N CH2
H C CH2
2

H3N CH C O

CH2

H3C

C
H2

CH
H3C
CH3

CH
CH3

H2N CH C O

O
H3N CH C O

CH2

CH2

H
HC
C C
CH
HN C
C CH
H
tryptophan (W)
C

CH

HC

CH
C
H
phenylalanine (F)

H3N CH C O

HC
HC

C
C

CH
CH

OH
tyrosine (Y)

O
H3N CH C O
CH2
CH2
S
CH3

proline (P)

leucine (L)

isoleucine (I)

methionine (M)

Polar, uncharged amino acids

H3N CH C O

H3N CH C O

H3N CH C O

CH2

CH2

CH2

CH2

SH

H2N

O
H2N

asparagine (N)

CH
OH

threonine (T)

CH2

CH2

CH2

O
O

aspartic acid (D)

glutamine (Q)

O
C O

cysteine (C)

CH2

CH2

CH2

H3N CH C O

CH2

CH2

CH2

NH

CH2
NH3

OH
serine (S)

H2N

NH2

arginine (R)

lysine (K)

glutamic acid (E)

O
H3N CH C O

CH2
O

H3C

H3N CH C O

H3N

H3N CH C O

H3N CH C O

Polar, charged amino acids

O
H3N CH C O
CH2
C
HN
CH
HC NH

histidine (H)

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