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L-Amino Acid Structures

Notes: 1) loading of all molecules may take some time; 2) molecules are not all shown at the same scale

Backbones are oriented amino (left) to carboxy (right)

R-group sidechains project upward from the backbone alpha carbon

Except for the alpha carbon, the CPK atom coloring scheme is used: C, H, N, O, P, S

Name colors indicate: hydrophobic, polar (non-charged), polar (charged-basic), polar (charged-acidic)

 

alanine (ala = A)


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valine (val = V)


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leucine (leu = L)


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isoleucine (ile = I)


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methionine (met = M)


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proline (pro = P)


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phenylalanine (phe = F)


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tryptophan (trp = W)


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glycine (gly = G)


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serine (ser = S)


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threonine (thr = T)


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glutamine (gln = Q)


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asparagine (asn = N)


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cysteine (cys = C)


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tyrosine (tyr = Y)


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glutamic acid (glu = E)


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aspartic acid (asp = D)


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arginine (arg = R)


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lysine (lys = K)


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histidine (his = H)


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