(α-COOH)
Amino acid | Abbrev. | Side chain | Hydrophobic | Polar | Charged | Small | Tiny | Aromatic or Aliphatic | van der Waals volume* |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alanine | Ala, A | -CH3 | X | - | - | X | X | - | 67 |
Cysteine | Cys, C | -CH2SH | X | - | - | X | - | - | 86 |
Aspartate | Asp, D | -CH2COOH | - | X | negative | X | - | - | 91 |
Glutamate | Glu, E | -CH2CH2COOH | - | X | negative | - | - | - | 109 |
Phenylalanine | Phe, F | -CH2C6H5 | X | - | - | - | - | Aromatic | 135 |
Glycine | Gly, G | -H | X | - | - | X | X | - | 48 |
Histidine | His, H | -CH2-C3H3N2 | - | X | positive | - | - | Aromatic | 118 |
Isoleucine | Ile, I | -CH(CH3)CH2CH3 | X | - | - | - | - | Aliphatic | 124 |
Lysine | Lys, K | -(CH2)4NH2 | - | X | positive | - | - | - | 135 |
Leucine | Leu, L | -CH2CH(CH3)2 | X | - | - | - | - | Aliphatic | 124 |
Methionine | Met, M | -CH2CH2SCH3 | X | - | - | - | - | - | 124 |
Asparagine | Asn, N | -CH2CONH2 | - | X | - | X | - | - | 96 |
Proline | Pro, P | -CH2CH2CH2- | X | - | - | X | - | - | 90 |
Glutamine | Gln, Q | -CH2CH2CONH2 | - | X | - | - | - | - | 114 |
Arginine | Arg, R | -(CH2)3NH-C(NH)NH2 | - | X | positive | - | - | - | 148 |
Serine | Ser, S | -CH2OH | - | X | - | X | X | - | 73 |
Threonine | Thr, T | -CH(OH)CH3 | X | X | - | X | - | - | 93 |
Valine | Val, V | -CH(CH3)2 | X | - | - | X | - | Aliphatic | 105 |
Tryptophan | Trp, W | -CH2C8H6N | X | - | - | - | - | Aromatic | 163 |
Tyrosine | Tyr, Y | -CH2-C6H4OH | X | X | - | - | - | Aromatic | 141 |
*Source for the two tables: wikipedia
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