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Amino Acids

A raccoon gave lip to his wife. “ST! Kneel and humbly repent!”
“Quit nagging! Cook me eggs for dinner!”

A RCOON GAV LIP to his WYF. “ST! Kneel and Humbly Repent!”
“Quit Nagging! Cook Me Eggs for Dinner!”

Basic structure:
R group
COO group
N group

GAV LIP – 6 aliphatics


G – Glycine – Gly
A – Alanine – Ala
V – Valine – Val

L – Leucine – Leu
I – Isoleucine – Ile
P – Proline – Pro

WYF – 3 aromatics
W – Tryptophan – Trp
Y – Tyrosine – Tyr
F – Phenylalanine – Phe

ST! - 2 alcohols/hydroxyls
S – Serine – Ser
T – Threonine – Thr

Kneel and Humbly Repent – 3 basics


K – Lysine – Lys
H – Histidine – His
R – Arginine – Arg

Quit Nagging! 2 - amidics


Q – Glutamine – Gln
N – Asparagine – Asn

Cook Me – 2 sulfurics
C – Cysteine – Cys
M – Methionine – Met

Eggs for Dinner – 2 acidics


E – Glutamate – Glu
D – Aspartate – Asp
6 Polar Amino Acids: Socially Troubled Youths Quietly Nap in the Cold

S – Serine – Ser
T – Threonine – Thr
Y – Tyrosine – Tyr
Q – Glutamine – Gln
N – Asparagine – Asn
C – Cysteine – Cys

9 Essential Amino Acids: PVT. TIM HALL always ARGues never tires.

Phenylalanine
Valine
Threonine

Tryptophan
Isoleucine
Methionine

Histidine
Arginine
Leucine
Lysine

A for Arginine, which is arguably/conditionally essential. Threonine and Tryptophan, never


Tyrosine.

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