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20 Cards in this Set
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Alanine (Ala, A)
Non polar Aliphatic Strong hydrophobic interactions |
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Arginine (Arg, R)
Polar Amino Acid Positively Charged R group at physiological pH Electrostatic Interactions |
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Asparagine (Asn, N)
Polar uncharged: Amide side chain not ionisable at physiological pH |
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Aspartate [Aspartic acid] (Asp, D)
Polar, Charged R group |
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Cysteine (Cys, C)
Uncharged polar a.a Most reactive Amino acids because of thiol group Disulphide linkages / covalent bondings |
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Glutamate [Glutamic acid] (Glu, E)
Charged Polar R group |
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Glutamine (Gln, Q)
Uncharged Polar: Amides not ionisable at physiological pH |
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Glycine (Gly, G)
Non polar aliphatic No chiral center |
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Histidine (His, H)
Polar, charged R group |
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Isoleucine (Ile, I)
Non Polar Aliphatic Additional Chiral center |
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Leucine (Leu, L)
Non polar aliphatic |
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Lysine (Lys, K)
Polar, Charged R group |
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Methionine (Met, M)
Uncharged Polar |
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Phenylalanine(Phe, F)
Non polar, Aromatic pi-pi interactions |
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Proline (Pro, P)
Non polar, aliphatic Cyclic ring restricts rotation |
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Serine (Ser, S)
Uncharged polar polar hydroxyl group- hydrogen bonding / reactivity |
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Threonine (Thr, T)
Uncharged polar polar hydroxyl group- hydrogen bonding / reactivity |
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Tryptophan (Trp, W)
Uncharged Aromatic pi-pi interactions |
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Tyrosine (Tyr, Y)
Uncharged Aromatic Hydroxyl group- reactivity |
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Valine (Val, V)
non polar, aliphatic |
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