Amino acids

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Contents 1 General 2 Properties of the amino acids 3 Alanine (Ala, A) 4 Arginine (Arg, R) 5 Asparagine (Asn, N) 6 Aspartate (Asp, D) 7 Cysteine (Cys, C) 8 Glutamate (Glu, E) 9 Glutamine (Gln, Q) 10 Glycine (Gly, G) 11 Histidine (His, H) 12 Isoleucine (Ile, I) 13 Leucine (Leu, L) 14 Lysine (Lys, K) 15 Methionine (Met, M) 16 Phenylalanine (Phe, F) 17 Proline (Pro, P) 18 Serine (Ser, S) 19 Threonine (Thr, T) 20 Tryptophan (Trp, W) 21 Tyrosine (Tyr, Y) 22 Valine (Val, V)

General

Amino acids are of the general form (R represents any group):

Properties of the amino acids

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The 20 common amino acids are (with 3 letter and 1 letter abbreviations):

Alanine (Ala, A)

Arginine (Arg, R)

Asparagine (Asn, N)

Aspartate (Asp, D)

Cysteine (Cys, C)

Glutamate (Glu, E)

Glutamine (Gln, Q)

Glycine (Gly, G)

Histidine (His, H)

Isoleucine (Ile, I)

Leucine (Leu, L)

Lysine (Lys, K)

Methionine (Met, M)

Phenylalanine (Phe, F)

Proline (Pro, P)

Serine (Ser, S)

Threonine (Thr, T)

Tryptophan (Trp, W)

Tyrosine (Tyr, Y)

Valine (Val, V)