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Amino Acids and their Symbols
Amino acids
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Biology
01/19/2011
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Term
Aspartic acid (Asp)
 Definition
Negatively chraged polar AA
Term
Glutamic Acid (Glu)
 Definition
Negatively charged polar AA
Term
Arginine (Arg)
 Definition
Positively charged polar AA
Term
Lysine (Lys)
 Definition
Positively charged polar amino acid
Term
Histidine (His)
 Definition
Positively charged polar AA
Term
Asparagine (Asn)
 Definition
uncharged polar amino acid
Term
Glutamine (Gln)
 Definition

 

uncharged polar amino acid

 
Term
Serine (Ser)
 Definition

 

uncharged polar amino acid

 
Term
threonine (Thr)
 Definition

 

uncharged polar amino acid

 
Term
tyrosine (Tyr)
 Definition

 

uncharged polar amino acid

 
Term
alanine (Ala)
 Definition
nonpolar amino acids
Term
glycine (Gly)
 Definition

 

nonpolar amino acids

 
Term
valine (Val)
 Definition

 

nonpolar amino acids

 
Term
leucine (Leu)
 Definition

 

nonpolar amino acids

 
Term
isoleucine (Ile)
 Definition

 

nonpolar amino acids

 
Term
proline (Pro)
 Definition

 

nonpolar amino acids

 
Term
phenylalanine (Phe)
 Definition

 

nonpolar amino acids

 
Term
methionine (Met)
 Definition

 

nonpolar amino acids

 
Term
tryptophan (Trp)
 Definition

 

nonpolar amino acids

 
Term
cysteine (Cys)
 Definition

 

nonpolar amino acids