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Amino acids Abbreviations Chemical structures Hydropathy Charge of ionisable sidechain pK of side chain

Arginine arg (R) Hydrophilic +ve 13.2

Asparagine asn (N) Hydrophilic Neutral N.A.

Aspartate asp (D) Hydrophilic -ve 3.7

Glutamate glu (E) Hydrophilic -ve 4.3

Glutamine gln (Q) Hydrophilic Neutral N.A.

Lysine lys (K) Hydrophilic +ve 10.5


Amino acids Abbreviations Chemical structures Hydropathy Charge of ionisable sidechain pK of side chain

Serine ser (S) Hydrophilic Neutral N.A.

Threonine thr (T) Hydrophilic Neutral N.A.

Cysteine cys (C) Moderate -ve 8.3

Histidine his (H) Moderate +ve 6.0

Methionine met (M) Moderate Neutral N.A.

Alanine ala (A) Hydrophobic Neutral N.A.


Amino acids Abbreviations Chemical structures Hydropathy Charge of ionisable sidechain pK of side chain

Valine val (V) Hydrophobic Neutral N.A.

Glycine gly (G) Hydrophobic Neutral N.A.

Isoleucine ile (I) Hydrophobic Neutral N.A.

Leucine leu (L) Hydrophobic Neutral N.A.

Phenylalanine phe (F) Hydrophobic Neutral N.A.


Amino acids Abbreviations Chemical structures Hydropathy Charge of ionisable sidechain pK of side chain

Proline pro (P) Hydrophobic Neutral N.A.

Tryptophan trp (W) Hydrophobic Neutral N.A.

Tyrosine tyr (Y) Hydrophobic -ve 10.1

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