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Amino Acids
Stucture, Abbrev, polarity,function,pearls
Amino Acid | Three Letter Abreviation | One letter abreviation | Structure | Polar,Non-Polar,Ionic | Side Chain Comments | Essential, Non-Essential |
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Glycine | Gly | G | H + AA | Non-Polar | Smallest, Achiral, Optically Inactive | Non-Essential |
Alanine | Ala | A | CH3 + AA | Non-Polar | Second smallest aa, D Ala occurs in bacterial cell walls and some peptides | Non-Essential |
Valine | Val | V | (CH3)2-CH + AA | Non-Polar | More hydrophobic d/t incr C in R grp | Essential |
Leucine | Leu | L | (CH3)2-CH-CH2 +AA | Non-Polar | Isomeric with Isoleucine | Essential |
Isoleucine | Ile | I | CH3-CH2-CH(CH3) + AA | Non-Polar | Isomeric with Luecine, Has extra Chiral center | Essential |
Proline | Pro | P | NH-CH2-CH2-CH2 + AA | Non-Polar | Forms tertiary amide bonds | Non-Essential |
Phenylanine | Phe | F | Ph-CH2 + AA | Non-Polar | Aromatic | Essential |
Methionine | Met | M | CH3-S-CH2-CH2 + AA | Non-Polar | Contains Sulfur (S) | Essential |
Serine | Ser | S | HO-CH2 +AA | Polar | Contains Hydroxyl (-OH) | Non-Essential |
Threonine | Thr | T | CH3-CH(OH) +AA | Polar | Contains Hydroxyl (-OH), two chiral carbons | Essential |