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Amino Acid Structures
The different R-groups
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
09/09/2011
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General structure of amino acid
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BASIC

 

Lysine
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 Definition

BASIC


Arginine

(very basic due to resonance of pos. charge)
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BASIC


Histidine

(nitrogens partially positive. weak affinity for H+)
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ACIDIC


Aspartic acid
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ACIDIC


Glutamic acid
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UNCHARGED POLAR


Asparagine
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UNCHARGED POLAR


Glutamine
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UNCHARGED POLAR


Serine
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UNCHARGED POLAR


Threonine
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UNCHARGED POLAR


Tyrosine
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NONPOLAR


Alanine
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NONPOLAR


Valine
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NONPOLAR


Leucine
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NONPOLAR


Isoleucine
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NONPOLAR


Proline

(actually and imino acid)
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NONPOLAR


Phenylalanine
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NONPOLAR


Methionine
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NONPOLAR


Tryptophan
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NONPOLAR


Glycine
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NONPOLAR


Cysteine
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