Amino Acid Browser
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Alanine | Ala | A |
Cysteine | Cys | C |
Aspartic Acid | Asp | D |
Glutamic Acid | Glu | E |
Phenylalanine | Phe | F |
Glycine | Gly | G |
Histidine | His | H |
Isoleucine | Ile | I |
Lysine | Lys | K |
Leucine | Leu | L |
Methionine | Met | M |
Asparagine | Asn | N |
Proline | Pro | P |
Glutamine | Gln | Q |
Arginine | Arg | R |
Serine | Ser | S |
Threonine | Thr | T |
Valine | Val | V |
Tryptophan | Trp | W |
Tyrosine | Tyr | Y |
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Nonpolar, aliphatic R group - Essential in mammals |
Codon Sequences: UUA UUG CUU CUC CUA CUG |
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C6H13NO2
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Mass
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Peptide
mass
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Monoisotopic
mass
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Occurence
in Protein
(%)
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pKa 1
(-COOH)
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pKa 2
(-NH3)
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pKa R
(Side Chain)
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pI
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Hydropathy
Index*
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Hydrophobicity
Designation**
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131.17
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113.16
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113.08
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9.1
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2.4
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9.6
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-
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5.98
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3.8
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L
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For the designation of atoms, IUPAC recommends the substitution of Greek letters
by the equivalent uppercase Roman letters.
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*A scale combining hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity of R groups; negative numbers tend to be hydrophilic,
positive numbers tend to be hydrophobic.
**Hydrophobic = L, Hydrophilic = W, Neutral = N
References for information in the
above tables and figures.
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