The amino acids

hydrophobic amino acids hydrophilic amino acids

small neutral amino acids neutral hydrophilic amino acids

NH3+ NH3+ NH3+ OH NH3+ NH3+

HCH H3C CH HO CH2 CH H3C CH CH HS CH2 CH

- N COO-
COO- COO H COO- COO- COO-
glycine (Gly, G) alanine (Ala, A) proline (Pro, P) serine (Ser, S) *threonine (Thr, T) cysteine (Cys, C)

+
large neutral amino acids acidic amino acids NH3 NH3+
CH3 NH3+
CH3 NH3+ -
OOC CH2 CH -
OOC CH2 CH2 CH
H3C CH CH
H3C CH CH2 CH COO -
COO-
-
*leucine (Leu, L) COO- *valine (Val, V) COO aspartate (Asp, D) glutamate (Glu, E)

CH3 NH3+
NH3+ amino acid amides
H3C CH2 CH CH O NH3+ O NH3+
H3C S CH2 CH2 CH
*isoleucine (Ile, I) COO
-
H2N C CH2 CH H2N C CH2 CH2 CH
*methionine (Met, M) COO-
branched-chain amino acids - COO-
asparagine (Asn, N) COO glutamine (Gln, Q)

aromatic amino acids basic amino acids NH3+

NH3+ +H N
3 CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2 CH
NH3+ CH2 CH
NH3+ *lysine (Lys, K) COO-
CH2 CH -
COO
N CH2 CH
COO- H
*phenylalanine (Phe, F) *tryptophan (Trp, W) N NH COO-
NH2 NH3+
NH3+
*histidine (His, H) HN C NH CH2 CH2 CH2 CH
HO CH2 CH
COO-
COO - arginine (Arg, R)
tyrosine (Tyr, Y)