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Cristina De Guzman Chem Lec / N-111

January 11, 2012 Mr Paulin

20 Common Amino Acids


non-polar, aliphatic residues Glycine Gly G GGU GGC GGA GGG

Alanine

Ala

GCU GCC GCA GCG

Valine

Val

GUU GUC GUA GUG

Leucine

Leu

UUA UUG CUU CUC CUA CUG

Isoleucine

Ile

AUU AUC AUA

Proline

Pro

CCU CCC CCA CCG

aromatic residues Phenylalanine Phe F UUU UUC

Tyrosine

Tyr

UAU UAC

Tryptophan

Trp

UGG

polar, non-charged residues Serine Ser S UCU UCC UCA UCG AGU AGC

Threonine

Thr

ACU ACC ACA ACG

Cysteine

Cys

UGU UGC

Methionine

Met

AUG

Asparagine

Asn

AAU AAC

Glutamine

Gln

CAA CAG

positively charged residues Lysine Lys K AAA AAG

Arginine

Arg

CGU CGC CGA CGG AGA AGG

Histidine

His

CAU CAC

negatively charged residues Aspartate Asp D GAU GAC

Glutamate

Glu

GAA GAG

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