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Amino acid properties

Amino acid abbreviations and some properties.

Amino Acid 3-Letter 1-Letter Side chain polarity Side chain acidity or basicity Hydropathy Mono. Formula [1]
Alanine Ala A nonpolar neutral 1.8 71.03711 CH3-CH(NH2)-COOH
Arginine Arg R polar basic (strongly) -4.5 156.10111 HN=C(NH2)-NH-(CH2)3-CH(NH2)-COOH
Asparagine Asn N polar neutral -3.5 114.04293 H2N-CO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Aspartic acid Asp D polar acidic -3.5 115.02694 HOOC-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Cysteine Cys C polar neutral 2.5 103.00919 HS-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Glutamic acid Glu E polar acidic -3.5 129.04259 H2N-CO-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Glutamine Gln Q polar neutral -3.5 128.05858 HOOC-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Glycine Gly G nonpolar neutral -0.4 57.02146 NH2-CH2-COOH
Histidine His H polar basic (weakly) -3.2 137.05891 NH-CH=N-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Isoleucine Ile I nonpolar neutral 4.5 113.08406 CH3-CH2-CH(CH3)-CH(NH2)-COOH
Leucine Leu L nonpolar neutral 3.8 113.08406 (CH3)2-CH-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Lysine Lys K polar basic -3.9 128.09496 H2N-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH
Methionine Met M nonpolar neutral 1.9 131.04048 CH3-S-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Phenylalanine Phe F nonpolar neutral 2.8 147.06841 Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Proline Pro P nonpolar neutral -1.6 97.05276 NH-(CH2)3-CH-COOH
Serine Ser S polar neutral -0.8 87.03203 HO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Threonine Thr T polar neutral -0.7 101.04768 CH3-CH(OH)-CH(NH2)-COOH
Tryptophan Trp W nonpolar neutral -0.9 186.07931 Ph-NH-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Tyrosine Tyr Y polar neutral -1.3 163.06333 HO-p-Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Valine Val V nonpolar neutral 4.2 99.06841 (CH3)2-CH-CH(NH2)-COOH

The 64 codons and the amino acid each codon codes for. The direction is 5' to 3'.

2nd base
U C A G
1st base U

UUU Phenylalanine

UUC Phenylalanine

UUA Leucine

UUG Leucine

UCU Serine

UCC Serine

UCA Serine

UCG Serine

UAU Tyrosine

UAC Tyrosine

UAA Ochre ''Stop''

UAG Amber ''Stop''

UGU Cysteine

UGC Cysteine

UGA ''Stop''

UGG Tryptophan
C

CUU Leucine

CUC Leucine

CUA Leucine

CUG Leucine

CCU Proline

CCC Proline

CCA Proline

CCG Proline

CAU Histidine

CAC Histidine

CAA Glutamine

CAG Glutamine

CGU Arginine

CGC Arginine

CGA Arginine

CGG Arginine
A

AUU Isoleucine

AUC Isoleucine

AUA Isoleucine

AUG Methionine, ''Start''

ACU Threonine

ACC Threonine

ACA Threonine

ACG Threonine

AAU Asparagine

AAC Asparagine

AAA Lysine

AAG Lysine

AGU Serine

AGC Serine

AGA Arginine

AGG Arginine
G

GUU Valine

GUC Valine

GUA Valine

GUG Valine

GCU Alanine

GCC Alanine

GCA Alanine

GCG Alanine

GAU Aspartic acid

GAC Aspartic acid

GAA Glutamic acid

GAG Glutamic acid

GGU Glycine

GGC Glycine

GGA Glycine

GGG Glycine

Footnotes

  1. ^  Note, as ring structures are not shown, this table can only provide a rough idea of structure.

Keywords: amino acids, biochemistry, biology, proteomics

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