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Amino Acids

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Amino Acid Abbrev
Condensed Structural Formula
M.W.
Isoelectric
Point
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Alanine ala a CH3-CH(NH2)-COOH 89.09 6.00
Arginine arg r HN=C(NH2)-NH-(CH2)3-CH(NH2)-COOH 174.20 11.15
Asparagine asn n H2N-CO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH 132.12 5.41
Aspartic acid asp d HOOC-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH 133.10 2.77
Cysteine cys c HS-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH 121.15 5.02
Glutamine gln q H2N-CO-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH 146.15 5.65
Glutamic acid glu e HOOC-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH 147.13 3.22
Glycine gly g NH2-CH2-COOH 75.07 5.97
Histidine his h NH-CH=N-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
|__________|
155.16 7.47
Isoleucine ile i CH3-CH2-CH(CH3)-CH(NH2)-COOH 131.17 5.94
Leucine leu l (CH3)2-CH-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH 131.17 5.98
Lysine lys k H2N-(CH2)4-CH(NH2)-COOH 146.19 9.59
Methionine met m CH3-S-(CH2)2-CH(NH2)-COOH 149.21 5.74
Phenylalanine phe f Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH 165.19 5.48
Proline pro p NH-(CH2)3-CH-COOH
|_________|
115.13 6.30
Serine ser s HO-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH 105.09 5.68
Threonine thr t CH3-CH(OH)-CH(NH2)-COOH 119.12 5.64
Tryptophan trp w Ph-NH-CH=C-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
 |_______|
204.23 5.89
Tyrosine tyr y HO-p-Ph-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH 181.19 5.66
Valine val v (CH3)2-CH-CH(NH2)-COOH 117.15 5.96


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